Railroad Says Experts Properly Excluded, FELA Case Fails

Mealey's (October 12, 2020, 9:24 AM EDT) -- ST. LOUIS — Two experts’ “logically fallacious proof by example” warranted their exclusion and dismissal of a woman’s Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA) claim alleging that her husband developed lung cancer as a result of exposure to diesel fumes, asbestos and other toxins, a railroad told the Eighth Circuit U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Sept. 21 (Nadine Byrd, et al. v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., No. 20-1959, 8th Cir.)....