The Maryland Court of Appeals recently overturned the state appellate court’s Duffy v. CBS Corp. decision. In the case, which
Judicial HellholesA Baltimore judge has soundly rejected a proposal by the law firm of Peter Angelos to consolidate approximately 13,000 asbestos-related lawsuits involving different products, exposures, and illnesses, along with scores of defendants
Points of LightPicking up where the latest Judicial Hellholes report left off, the Wall Street Journal this week editorialized about the consolidation game that asbestos kingpin Peter Angelos is trying to play in Baltimore
Judicial HellholesMass tort kingpin Peter Angelos is apparently hoping to make Baltimore the next Philadelphia when it comes to unfairly consolidating questionable asbestos claims and pressuring defedants into settlements they might not agree to if the cases were handled separately
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