Talc Defendants Say Clerks’ Mesothelioma Comments Likely Poisoned Jury Pool

Mealey's (February 8, 2019, 11:34 AM EST) -- NEW YORK — Clerks’ pretrial comments labeling asbestos as the sole known cause of mesothelioma likely poisoned the entire potential jury pool and will certainly undermine the argument that a woman’s disease is idiopathic, three talc defendants said Feb. 6 in asking a New York justice to declare a mistrial, sources told Mealey Publications (Donna Olson v. Brenntag North America Inc., et al., No. 190328/2017, N.Y. Sup., New York Co.)....