Judge Finds Affidavit, Asbestos Crafting Product Case Equally Convincing

(October 23, 2017, 12:28 PM EDT) -- PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A daughter’s affidavit that can be read as contradicting her mother’s deposition testimony goes to the credibility of that testimony and is not subject to rejection under the sham affidavit doctrine, and the two pieces of evidence combine to create triable issues in a home-crafting asbestos action, a Rhode Island judge held Oct. 19 (In re: Asbestos Litigation, Loretta Belac v. 3M Co., et al., No. PC-2016-0544, R.I. Super., Providence Plantation)....

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