Mealey's (September 29, 2021, 1:59 PM EDT) -- SPOKANE, Wash. — Nothing suggests that an asbestos product identification witness’s recent dementia diagnosis warrants excluding or holding a competency hearing on the now-deceased man’s testimony, and his medical records are likely irrelevant and not within his daughter-in-law’s possession even if her counsel represented him at his deposition, a federal judge in Washington said Sept. 27 in granting a motion for protective order over medical records and denying a motion to exclude the testimony....