5th Circuit Affirms Expert Admission, Damages Of $3.25M In Asbestos Case

Mealey's (December 15, 2020, 2:02 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — A trial featured sufficient evidence that a defendant should have known that a man’s exposure to asbestos was harmful, even if it didn’t know mesothelioma would be the exact outcome, and the trial court did not err in admitting an expert’s fiber drift opinion or in awarding damages, a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel said Dec. 14 (Theresa G. Adams, et al. v. Ethyl Corp., et al., No. 20-30209, Theresa Adams, et al. v. Ethyl Corp., et al., No. 20-30242, 5th Cir.)....