Hearsay Trade Magazine Testimony Can’t Keep Asbestos Case Alive, Judge Says

Mealey's (May 17, 2021, 2:42 PM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — A man’s belief that phenolic boards contained asbestos based on what he read in an unidentified trade magazine does not create a jury question, and two experts’ testimony regarding causation does not support a different outcome, a federal judge in Pennsylvania said May 14 in granting two defendants summary judgment....