Kilpatrick v. Bullough Abatement, Inc.

PARRISH, Justice:

INTRODUCTION

T1 These cases are two of several asbestos-related cases governed by a Case Management Order (the "CMO") that was adopted in 2001 and applies routinely to ail asbestos-related litigation brought by the firms involved in drafting the CMO. One of the "Additional Discovery" obligations imposed by the CMO was an autopsy following the death of any plaintiff. Margaret Kilpa-trick and Carolyn Kirkham (collectively, the "plaintiffs") both failed to procure an autopsy before their husbands were respectively cremated and buried. As a sanction for the violation of the CMO,…