Judge: Experts Not Opining On Decedent’s Condition Not Fatal To Admissibility

(July 10, 2023, 3:55 PM EDT) -- SEATTLE — Experts retained in a case alleging that a fireman and pipe fitter was exposed to asbestos while aboard a Navy ship can testify even though their reports did not contain any review or analysis specific to the decedent’s condition because general causation testimony may be helpful to a jury, a federal judge in Washington ruled days after granting summary judgment to one valve maker....