Punitive Damages Threaten To Derail NYC Asbestos Suits

By Sindhu Sundar (May 6, 2014, 1:53 PM EDT) -- A judge's recent decision to let New York City asbestos plaintiffs seek punitive damages has the potential to throw the tens of thousands of suits in the litigation into chaos, as defendants, spooked by the prospect of outsize verdicts, consider a move that could grind pretrial proceedings to a halt....

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