Federal Judge Excludes Expert’s Asbestos-Talc Causation Testimony

Mealey's (August 7, 2019, 1:24 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — An expert’s testimony regarding testing he performed that found asbestos in talc and in a victim’s lung tissue is unreliable and must be excluded, a federal judge in the District of Columbia said Aug. 5 (Brian Jackson, et al. v. Colgate-Palmolive Co., No. 15-1066, D. D.C., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 131298)....