Judge Permits Testimony On Use Of Scaffolding In Work Negligence Lawsuit

(July 26, 2016, 10:38 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — An expert may testify that a scaffolding should have been erected to provide workers a safe platform to work from as they attempted to catch leaking oil from a pipe, a Louisiana federal judge ruled July 21, finding that he will be in a better position at trial to assess whether the expert in fact reaches improper legal conclusions (Darrel J. Singleton, Jr., et al. v. Fieldwood Energy, LLC, et al., No. 15-5558, E.D. La.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 95427)....