Day-Late Filing In Asbestos Trust Suit Rejected By Delaware Top Court

( October 29, 2024, 8:47 AM EDT) -- WILMINGTON, Del. — An appeal filed a day late prevents jurisdiction over the case, a defect that cannot be remedied, the Delaware Supreme Court said in dismissing an appeal from a ruling finding that the statute of limitations on a man’s asbestos case began at the time of his autopsy and barred a case against a bankruptcy trust....