A massive asbestos trial against some of the world's largest companies, including ExxonMobil and Honeywell International, began in late September in West Virginia, even as the case is being challenged before the U.S. Supreme Court, according to the Associated Press.
The lawsuit in Kanawha County Circuit Court comprises the cases of 8,000 people who say they were exposed to the deadly agent. But about half of the 259 defendants have appealed to the high court, saying plaintiffs' cases are so dissimilar that consolidating them infringes on their constitutional rights.