D.C. Court of Appeals Rebukes Asbestos Plaintiff’s Attorneys Strategy
As you may know, we sometimes contribute content to other online ventures. Not too long ago, our editor, Jim Dedman, saw the publication on an article he wrote in DRI’s The Voice. Get this: It’s about a case in which the court chided the plaintiff’s counsel for attempting to have it both ways. Sort of.
Here’s the first paragraph of the piece:
The strategy that attorneys use in litigation may come back to haunt them, as one plaintiff’s attorney in a federal asbestos exposure case recently learned. See Wannall v. Honeywell, Inc., — F.3d—, 2014 WL 7373517 (D.C. Cir. Dec. 30, 2014). The case began in the superior court in the District of Columbia when a former amateur mechanic and his wife brought suit against a number of defendants claiming that their products exposed him to asbestos. The plaintiff died during the pendency of the litigation, and his personal representative later appeared on behalf of his estate.
You can read the rest of the article here.
