Legal Opinion
Minnesota Personal Injury Asbestos Cases v. Keene Corp.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided February 14, 1992No. Nos. C8-91-954, CX-91-955PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KEITH, Chief Justice.
Keene Corporation has petitioned this court for a writ of prohibition1 restraining the Hennepin County District Court from enforcing its order consolidating, for trial, eleven personal injury asbestos cases. We stayed all trial proceedings pending disposition of the sole question presented, the propriety of the consolidation. We deny the petition for the writ of prohibition.
Asbestos litigation presents unique challenges to the judicial system.2 This court, *26like courts in other jurisdictions, has assigned one judge of the district court to preside over all asbestos related…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Aubrey Hendrix v. Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- James Leroy Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corporation and Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Fitzer v. BloomSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1977
- Bucko v. First Minnesota Savings BankSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1991
- Firemen's Ins. Co. of Newark, NJ v. KeatingDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1990
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3Cited by5 opinions
- ACandS, Inc. v. GodwinCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1995
- Board of Regents of University of Minnesota v. Royal Insurance Co. of AmericaCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1993
- BD. OF REGENTS OF U. OF M. v. Royal Ins.Court of Appeals of Minnesota · 1993
- Continental Casualty Co. v. 3M Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 2008
- MN. PERSONAL INJURY ABESTOS v. KeeneSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1992