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Tort/Negligence – Product Liability – Mesothelioma – Empty Chair Defense – Bankruptcy Trust Claims  (access required)

In this survival and wrongful death case against the defendant-manufacturer of a product that contained asbestos, the trial court correctly refused to allow defendant to introduce evidence of the decedent’s claims against the trusts of bankrupt companies whose products also contained asbestos. Such claims were offers to compromise; as such, they were inadmissible under Rule ...

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