Judge Excludes Asbestos Deposition Testimony Company Never Got To Challenge

Mealey's (November 7, 2017, 11:49 AM EST) -- CLEVELAND — Because a defendant did not have a chance to cross-examine a man after he identified its asbestos-containing product in a deposition, his testimony does not fit with an exception to hearsay, a federal judge in Ohio held Oct. 19 (Charlene French, et al. v. A.W. Chesterton Co., et al., No. 16-1777, N.D. Ohio, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 174020)....