Delaware Coordinated Docket to Move Forward with 5 Cases

WILMINGTON, Del. -- After a meeting between both plaintiff's and defendants' liaison counsel and Delaware Judge Joseph R. Slights III, it has been determined that five cases will go forward and be worked up for trial, sources told HarrisMartin. In re: Benzene Litigation, No. 06-C-BEN-1 (Del. Super. Ct., New Castle Cty.).

The meeting took place Sept. 20 in the Delaware Superior Court for New Castle County, where it was also determined that those cases not selected will be stayed.

However, the court said it would allow those defendants not named in the initial five cases, but named in other …