Judge Admits Experts In FELA Asbestos, Toxic Exposure Case

Mealey's (October 26, 2020, 1:48 PM EDT) -- LINCOLN, Neb. — Two experts are sufficiently qualified to opine on industrial hygiene and causation, and their interviewing of railway employees and consideration of literature involving asbestos and other toxic exposures for such workers meets the standard for admissibility, a federal judge in Nebraska said Oct. 22 in admitting the experts and denying summary judgment in a Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA) case (Linda K. Boyle, et al. v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., No. 18-363, D. Neb., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 196233)....