Mealey's (May 3, 2016, 12:51 PM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — California’s high court should accept review of a $2 million verdict in an asbestos case and firmly establish that testimony that any exposure to asbestos causes disease falls short of the state’s causation standard, amici curiae argue in an April 29 brief (Nickole Davis, as personal representative, etc. v. Honeywell International Inc., No. S233753, Calif. Sup.).

(National Association of Manufacturers’ amicus brief available. Document #01-160504-030B.)

Nickole Davis sued numerous companies whose conduct allegedly exposed her father, Sam Davis, to asbestos. Davis claimed that...