Florida Court Allows Cumulative Exposure Opinion, Affirms $9M Asbestos Verdict

Mealey's (September 7, 2017, 12:45 PM EDT) -- MIAMI — A court properly admitted an expert’s testimony that cumulative asbestos exposures were sufficient to cause a man’s mesothelioma, a Florida appeals court held Sept. 6 in differentiating the testimony from the opinion that every exposure leads to disease and affirming a $9 million verdict (Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., et al. v. Rosa-Maria Britt, et al., No. 3D16-2583, Fla. App., 3rd Dist., 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 12834)....