An asbestos cigarette filter may sound like a product liability jackpot for plaintiffs lawyers. But as it turns out, plaintiffs have had a hard time recovering damages against Lorillard Tobacco Company, whose Kent brand was made with asbestos filters from 1952 to 1956.

Liberty Mutual accuses AIG and seven plaintiff insurance companies of colluding during negotiations for a class action settlement. It asserts the insurers agreed to a low-ball settlement in exchange for getting AIG to release them from claims that they also under-reported their workers comp premiums.

Decided and Entered: January 23,2003 91448 ________________________________ NEW YORK STATE ASSOCIATION of NURSE ANESTHETISTS, Respondent, v ANTONIA C. NOVELLO, as br