Judge Excludes EPA Documents, But May Admit Pre-Employment Asbestos Evidence

(April 30, 2018, 1:38 PM EDT) -- CHRISTIANSTED, Virgin Islands — Environmental Protection Agency documents unrelated to the question of who possessed a facility are not relevant in bellwether asbestos trials, a Virgin Islands judge held April 26.  In the same ruling, the judge said he would not limit evidence just to the period between the first and last days of a plaintiff’s time at the premises, saying such window is too narrow (In re:  Asbestos, Catalyst, and Silica Toxic Dust Exposure Litigation, No. SX-15-CV-096, Virgin Islands Super., St. Croix)....

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