In the Matter of New York City Asbestos Litigation

Motion No: M-5392

Slip Opinion No: 2017 NYSlipOp 92830(U)

Decided on November 21, 2017

Appellate Division, First Department, Motion Decision

Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.

This motion is uncorrected and is not subject to publication in the Official Reports.

November 21, 2017

In the Matter of New York City Asbestos Litigation

This Document Relates To: ALL CASES782000/17

An appeal having been taken to this Court from the case management order of the Supreme Court, New York County, entered on or about June 23, 2017, and said appeal having been perfected, And proposed amici curiae Business Council of New York State, Lawsuit Reform Alliance of New York, New York Insurance Association, Inc., Northeast Retail Lumber Association, Coalition for Litigation Justice, Inc., Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, National Association of Manufacturers, NFIB Small Business Legal Center, American Tort Reform Association, Washington Legal Foundation and American Insurance Association having moved for leave to file a brief amicus curiae in connection with the aforesaid appeal,Now, upon reading and filing the papers with respect to the motion, and due deliberation having been had thereon, It is ordered that the motion is granted to the extent of granting the proposed amici curiae leave to appear in support of the defendants-appellants; the nine copies of the proposed brief of the amici previously submitted to this Court is deemed filed. ENTERED: November 21, 2017

_____________________ CLERK

PRESENT: Hon. Rolando T. Acosta, Presiding Justice, Peter Tom Troy K. Webber Ellen Gesmer Anil C. Singh, Justices

M-5392

Index Nos. 40000/88