Experts Lacked Foundation For Household Asbestos Opinions, 9th Circuit Says

Mealey's (August 30, 2019, 1:41 PM EDT) -- BOISE, Idaho — To reasonably support their conclusion that a man’s household asbestos exposures substantially contributed to his mesothelioma, two experts needed more evidence showing contamination of his father’s work clothes, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel held Aug. 28 in affirming summary judgment for a railroad employer (William G. Stephens, et al. v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., No. 18-35908, 9th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 25986)....