Judge Nixes Asbestos Experts’ ‘Significant Exposure’ Specific Causation Opinions

Mealey's (October 20, 2016, 3:50 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — Three experts’ opinion that every significant exposure to asbestos leads to disease, “though skillfully cloaked,” is the same type of ipse dixit testimony backing inadmissible “every exposure” testimony, a federal judge in Louisiana held Oct. 6 (William C. Bell, et al. v. Foster Wheeler Energy Corp., et al., No. 15-6394, E.D. La.)....

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