Judge Orders Production Of Hospital’s Tissue Slides, Sanctions Asbestos Plaintiffs

Mealey's (July 6, 2021, 8:37 AM EDT) -- HARRISON, Ark. — Plaintiffs must draft an authorization allowing a hospital to turn over lung pathology slides of a woman who died of mesothelioma after alleged exposure to asbestos in talc she used as a hairdresser and, as a sanction for discovery violations, must produce their expert witness and pay associated court reporter fees, a federal judge said June 22 while also ordering the plaintiffs not to disturb the talc samples in their control....