Smoker’s Expert Opinion On Asbestos Causation Sufficient, Ohio Court Says

(December 8, 2020, 12:24 PM EST) -- CLEVELAND — Ohio precedent does not require lung cancer plaintiffs who used tobacco to produce a medical report stating that asbestos alone caused their disease, and while experts need not use “magic words,” an expert did when he opined that but-for the asbestos exposures and tobacco use a man would not have contracted lung cancer, a state appellate court held Dec. 3 (Willard E. Bartel, et al. v. Farrell Lines Inc., et al., No. 109139, Ohio App., 8th Dist., 2020 Ohio App. LEXIS 4371)....

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