After winning a high-profile appellate reversal last year, plaintiffs lawyers at Cohen, Placitella & Roth and Fox Rothschild have filed revamped allegations that Cahill Gordon & Reindel and BASF Catalysts conspired to destroy evidence in sprawling asbestos litigation. The plaintiffs lawyers, led by Christopher Placitella, lodged a 155-page amended complaint on Thursday in Newark, New Jersey, federal court, accusing Cahill and BASF of fraud.
The filing marks the latest development in a proposed class action brought in 2011 by the relatives of people who allegedly died from exposure to asbestos-contaminated talc made by Engelhard Corp., which BASF acquired in 2006. As The American Lawyer detailed in a feature story last year, Cahill and BASF are accused of conspiring to destroy and conceal evidence relevant to separate litigation brought by alleged asbestos victims.
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