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OPINION AND ORDER BACKGROUND James McWilliams developed cancer after working with valve products that contained asbestos. Am. Compl.

10, 12, Dkt. 25. In 2018, McWilliams sued Jenkins Bros., the manufacturer of the valves, in New York state court. 11. Jenkins was dissolved by the New Jersey Department of State in 2004, so the defense of this case was handled by defendant Liberty Mutual Insurance Group Inc. (one of Jenkins’s insurers) and defendant Resolute Management Inc. (Liberty’s claim administrator). 34. The jury awarded McWilliams a total of $23,000,000, which was subject to certain statutory offsets, resulting in a judgment of $18,633,617.67.

 
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