Fairness over Efficiency: Why We Overturned a Consolidation Program

About the Authors: Edward R. Hugo is a principal member of Brydon Hugo & Parker. He specializes in products and premises liability; environmental litigation (including State, Federal, Traditional, CERCLA and Proposition 65 claims); asbestos personal injury, wrongful death and property damage actions; construction law (including defect claims); and insurance coverage, bad faith, subrogation and defense. He is designated trial counsel for several corporations in defense of products liability toxic tort claims and has successfully tried to verdict scores of asbestos personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits. Mr. Hugo presently serves as a Superior Court Judge, pro tempore, a …