In Re Eastern & Southern Districts Asbestos Litigation

JACK B. WEINSTEIN, District Judge:

I. Introduction...........................................................1384

II. Facts..................................................................1385

III. Propriety of Consolidation..............................................1387

IV. Erie Concerns and State Decisional Law................................1388

V. General Obligations Law Section 15-108 ................................ 1391

A. The Statute and Legislative History................................1391

B. Method of Calculation of G.O.L. § 15-108 Set-Offs.................1393

C. The Manville…