Expert Opinions Help Cancer Sufferer Beat Railroad’s Judgment Bid

Mealey's (September 17, 2018, 1:55 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A railroad company accused of causing a worker’s cancer by regularly exposing him to a hazardous and carcinogenic chemical in the course of his work lost its bid for summary judgment in the worker’s lawsuit on Sept. 14, when a Louisiana federal judge held that he presented sufficient expert evidence, which the judge had admitted in separate orders two days before (Alvin J. Porte v. Illinois Central Railroad Company, No. 17-5657, E.D. La., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 157007)....