Litigation
Sep. 7, 2012
In span of two years, asbestos settlements double in San Francisco Superior Court
The two-year-old asbestos deparment in San Francisco Superior Court is yielding a lot more settlements but is not as popular with plaintiffs' attorneys as Los Angeles because fewer cases are going to trial, lawyers say.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
When plaintiffs' attorney Jeffrey A. Kaiser picks a venue for filing asbestos cases, he seldom considers his home turf, San Francisco County Superior Court.
Kaiser and other attorneys have observed that San Francisco's newly minted asbestos department - which opened in 2010 - has driven up settlement numbers and sent fewer asbestos cases to trial, leaving some plaintiffs' attorneys looki...
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