7th Circuit Rejects Asbestos Expert’s Cumulative Exposure Testimony

Mealey's (September 1, 2017, 2:46 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — Expert testimony that cumulative asbestos exposures causes disease is not significantly different than the opinion that every exposure causes a disease, a Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel held Aug. 31.  The panel also found no prejudice from a defendant company’s investigation into a juror (Charles Krik v. ExxonMobil Oil Corp., et al., No. 15-3112, 7th Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 16795)....