The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that an insurer may pose interrogatories to juries—i.e., ask the jury questions—in an underlying third-party action.
In March, in an opinion authored by Justice Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court of the United States decided a maritime tort claim which discussed the “bare metal” defense commonly asserted by manufacturers in asbestos litigation.
Eight Twin Cities suburbs recently filed identical suits in Minnesota federal court alleging that several companies’ refined coal tar products used in pavement sealants have contaminated city ponds.
