(August 30, 2016, 1:35 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A judge all but awarded a defense verdict when he overturned a previous judge’s ruling allowing an asbestos expert’s causation testimony during trial, and a defendant’s secret investigation into a juror constitutes sanctionable conduct that must be prohibited, a man told the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals Aug. 2 (Charles Krik v. ExxonMobil Oil Corp., et al., No. 15-3112, 7th Cir.)....