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Law Practice

Dec. 5, 2009

Court Approves Asbestos Department

San Francisco Superior Court has finalized approval to create a single asbestos case management department.

By Dhyana Levey

Daily Journal Staff Writer

The San Francisco Superior Court has finalized approval to create an asbestos case management department as a means to make more efficient the court's massive asbestos caseload.

Presiding Judge James J. McBride initially proposed the new system to begin Jan. 4, requiring all asbestos discovery, law and motion and case management matters sent to a single department led by Judge Haro...

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