Judge Adopts Report And Settlements, Dismisses Insurers In Asbestos Coverage Row

( April 23, 2025, 3:53 PM EDT) -- BUFFALO, N.Y. — A New York federal judge adopted a magistrate judge’s combined report and recommendation to settle estates’ claims with insurers and dismiss the claims against them in four similar suits filed by the estates of people who died purportedly from asbestos exposure, seeking payment of judgments entered against an asbestos mine, finding no error in the magistrate judge’s report and recommendation....