With federal courts in New Jersey and the Eastern District of New York facing almost 2,000 cases in which insurers are being sued over Hurricane Sandy claims, one judge said that his court is focused on resolving cases.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Ramon E. Reyes Jr. of the Eastern District of New York said he and other judges have asked plaintiffs’ lawyers and defense counsel to get cases ready in order to winnow them down to the most problematic.

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