Ohio Top Court Urged To Reject Expert’s Cumulative Exposure Testimony

Mealey's (June 19, 2017, 1:54 PM EDT) -- CLEVELAND — Expert testimony attributing a man’s mesothelioma to cumulative exposure to asbestos in automobile brakes simply dresses up the theory that every exposure leads to disease in new clothing and is inadmissible under Ohio law, a manufacturer and its amici curiae told the state’s highest court on June 15 (Mark Schwartz, et al. v. Honeywell International Inc., et al., No. 2016-1372, Ohio Sup.)....