Government: Water Case Should Be Partly Dismissed As Expert Fails To Offer Opinion

(December 1, 2023, 11:09 AM EST) -- HONOLULU — The U.S. government on Nov. 30 filed in a Hawaii federal court a statement of facts in support of its motion for partial summary judgment in a lawsuit over drinking water contamination issues at a military facility that stores jet fuel, arguing that the court should dismiss the plaintiffs’ claim for fear of latent injury because a plaintiffs’ expert did not offer an opinion as to which specific cancers certain bellwether plaintiffs are at an increased risk of developing as a result of their exposure....