Man Says Asbestos Law Doesn’t Require Medical Opinion On ‘Smoker’ Status

Mealey's (December 7, 2017, 2:27 PM EST) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio — Requiring every asbestos lung cancer plaintiff who ever smoked tobacco to provide a medical expert opinion that the person doesn’t qualify as a “smoker” would produce absurd results, burden nonsmokers and is at odds with a decade of precedent and the law’s intent, a man told the Ohio Supreme Court Dec. 6 (Bobby Turner, et al. v. Union Carbide Corp., et al., No. 17-0004, Ohio Sup.)....