Judge Rejects Experts' Regulatory Levels Reliance In Asbestos Environmental Case

Mealey's (September 18, 2020, 2:16 PM EDT) -- INDIANAPOLIS — Experts attempting to opine that plaintiffs are at an increased risk of disease largely rely on evidence that asbestos and other contaminates exceed regulatory levels rather than discussing doses of exposure and causation, a federal judge in Indiana said Sept. 16 in excluding the opinions in an environmental exposure case (Amos Hostetler, et al. v. Johnson Controls Inc., et al., No. 15-226, N.D. Ind., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 169526)....