Gasket maker John Crane Inc. will have to find another state in which to file its claims that a law firm representing asbestos plaintiffs engaged in criminal activity, the Northern District of Illinois said (John Crane Inc. v. Simon Greenstone Panatier Bartlett, 2017 BL 91604, N.D. Ill., 16-CV-05918, 3/23/17).
Crane claims that Dallas law firm Simon Greenstone Panatier Bartlett P.C. falsified clients’ exposure histories, and hid the existence of exposures to other companies’ products by delaying the filing of asbestos trust claims until after litigation.
But Crane failed to show that the alleged illegal conduct was “expressly aimed” ...
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