California Court Confronts Causation, Expert Testimony In Asbestos-Talc Case

(January 7, 2019, 10:25 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Responding to claims that a trial court ignored expert testimony that asbestos in a company’s talc could have caused mesothelioma, a consumer talc company told a California appeals court on Dec. 3 that the potential presence of asbestos in mined talc does not mean the three bottles a man used contained sufficient asbestos to cause disease (Richard Berg, et al. v. Colgate-Palmolive Co., et al., No. A154245, Calif. App., 1st Dist.)....

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