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In re New York Asbestos Litigation
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 17, 1993No. Nos. 88 Civ. 6403 (RWS), 88 Civ. 8133 (RWS), 92 Civ. 0763 (RWS), 92 Civ. 3900 (RWS), 92 Civ. 2402 (RWS), 91 Civ. 2992 (RWS), 92 Civ. 7333 (RWS), 91 Civ. 7414 (RWS), 92 Civ. 7283 (RWS), 92 Civ. 7332 (RWS), 92 Civ. 7284 (RWS), 92 Civ. 6377 (RWS) and 92 Civ. 1113 (RWS)PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SWEET, District Judge.
Plaintiffs in thirteen separate asbestos tort actions before this court have moved against eighty-eight defendants and third party defendants pursuant to Rule 42(a), F.R.Civ.P., to consolidate their actions.1 *646For the reasons set forth below, the motion is granted in part and denied in part. Prior Proceedings
These actions are thirteen of the so-called “asbestos cases” that have been supervised by the Multi-District Litigation (MDL) Panel for discovery and pre-trial purposes. All of these actions were originally filed in the Southern District of New York. Eight of…
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