Judge Issues Partial Sanction For Tissue Destruction In Asbestos Case

Mealey's (April 9, 2021, 2:37 PM EDT) -- HOUSTON — Left with “one ‘coulda’ and two ‘shouldas’” in a dispute over destruction of lung tissue, a federal judge in Texas said March 31 that he would not issue an adverse jury instruction but instead inform any jury that a request for an autopsy was made and ignored and that the requested tissue was not preserved, leaving no way to definitely determine whether the man died of mesothelioma or tobacco-related lung cancer....