Oral Argument Date Set In Reinsurer’s Bid To Dismiss Decades-Old Asbestos Claims

( February 17, 2026, 11:30 AM EST) -- NEW YORK — A New York federal magistrate judge scheduled oral argument for May 6 on a pending motion for summary judgment through which a U.K.-based reinsurer seeks dismissal of all claims brought by the assignee of the liquidator of an insolvent insurer; in that motion, the reinsurer argues that decades-old asbestos-related reinsurance billings are barred by New York’s statute of limitations....