Ohio High Court Asked To Review Whether Expert Testimony Meets But-For Standard

(September 21, 2017, 9:08 AM EDT) -- CLEVELAND — Two railways and their insurer have asked Ohio’s top court to stay an upcoming trial and reject the idea that expert testimony that tobacco and asbestos combined to substantially cause a man’s lung cancer satisfies the state’s but-for causation standard (Kevin E. Howell v. Consolidated Rail Corp., et al., No. 2017-1207, Ohio Sup.)....