Judge: Ruling Didn’t Reduce Mississippi Causation Standard To ‘Numbers Game’

Mealey's (June 10, 2021, 2:09 PM EDT) -- JACKSON, Miss. — Noting that 25 alleged asbestos exposures fall short of Mississippi’s causation standard does not reduce the issue to a “numbers game,” and expert testimony fails to link a man’s mesothelioma to Ford Motor Co. parts, a federal judge in the state said June 9 in denying reconsideration....