Widow Says FELA, Daubert Don't Warrant Experts' Exclusions

Mealey's (July 23, 2020, 12:05 PM EDT) -- ST. LOUIS — The relaxed causation standard in the Federal Employers Liability Act and liberal standard for admitting experts under Daubert required admission of two experts in a rail worker's case alleging exposure to asbestos and other toxins, his widow told an Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on July 21 (Nadine Byrd, et al. v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., No. 20-1959, 8th Cir.)....