Judge sees too much of Texas hospitality?

Article Abstract:

Richard L. Bridges, attorney for asbestos liability defendant Pittsburgh Corning Corp., has charged that the presiding judge, Robert M. Parker, is on unacceptably friendly terms with the plaintiff's attorney Walter Umphrey. Although Judge Parker withdrew from the case, his replacement, Richard A. Schell, ruled that Parker should not be disqualified. The case is now set to go to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals where the allegations against Parker will be incorporated into an overall appeal.

Pressed and blown glass, not elsewhere classified, Judicial ethics, Ethical aspects, Pittsburgh Corning Corp., Parker, Robert M.

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Asbestos confusion continues

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Federal and state courts are clogged by a plethora of asbestos-related cases. At least 20,000 federal and 50,000 state cases are extant, with over 100,000 more filed with the Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust. Attempts to manage this overload, by Congress and state judicial groups, have so far been unsuccessful or politically controversial. Suggestions to permit use of multidistrict litigation are being debated.

Management, Court congestion and delay, Court delay

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Class warfare in asbestos case; group loses in first skirmishes to upset Philadelphia pact

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A number of plaintiffs' lawyers against a $1.2 billion asbestos class action settlement are trying to get presiding federal judge Charles R. Weiner to reconsider recusing himself. They are also appealing their loss of intervenorship. The proposed settlement wants future claims handled by the Center for Claims Resolution, which is also settling 80,000 pending asbestos cases.

Compromise and settlement, Settlements (Law)

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