Magistrate Judge Denies Motion Seeking Communications With Talc Consulting Expert

Mealey's (July 29, 2021, 8:16 AM EDT) -- GREENSBORO, N.C. — A plaintiff previously produced both the five-page and three-page reports from a consulting expert in an asbestos-talc case satisfying discovery obligations, and the “minor differences” in the “virtually identical” documents do not warrant requiring production of all communications between plaintiff and his consulting expert, a federal magistrate judge in North Carolina said July 8....