Experts Allowed In Suit Against Railway Over Woman’s Cancer Death

Mealey's (July 2, 2020, 12:59 PM EDT) -- OMAHA, Neb. — A Nebraska federal judge on June 29 allowed two experts to testify that the lung cancer a woman developed and died from was caused by breathing in diesel fumes from the locomotives she worked with her entire life, saying the experts’ methods and opinions are “scientifically valid” and “sufficiently reliable” (Dale E. Bettisworth v. BNSF Railway Company, No. 8:17-cv-491, D. Neb., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 114255)....