In re Certain Asbestos Cases

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

FITZWATER, District Judge.

Certain of the defendants1 in one or more of the asbestos cases pending on this court’s docket request an order of the court requiring that, in the event of the death of any plaintiff who alleges an asbestos-related injury, the representative of the estate of the deceased plaintiff produce the deceased’s body “for an autopsy to be made by a competent pathologist for the purpose of determining the exact cause of death.” Plaintiffs, including a group of plaintiffs who reside in the state of Virginia, oppose the motion. The motion presents…