Cashman v. Montefiore Medical Center

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• finding that prejudice to plaintiff and the lack of prejudice to solvent co-defendants outweigh potential inefficiencies due to overlap of testimony in considering a Rule 42(b) motion to sever
• finding it appropriate to sever bankrupt co-defendant upon the lack of any clear showing of prejudice sufficient to justify a stay of the entire action
• granting plaintiffs motion for separate trials when bankrupt co-defendant defendant was not indispensable
• judicial economy did not weigh in favor of severance of third-party products liability claim from medical malpractice action stemming from silicone implants
• The “stay against [the bankrupt defendant] merely prohibits a party from suing it or enforcing a judgment against it, it does not preclude [the bankrupt defendant] from being summoned as a witness or responding to non-party discovery”

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