Judge Denies Reconsideration: Experts Only Strengthen Asbestos Friction Case

Mealey's (October 27, 2022, 1:30 PM EDT) -- GREENSBORO, N.C. — A woman previously created genuine issues of material fact about whether Ford Motor Co. parts contributed to a man’s mesothelioma, and while her case was mostly circumstantial at the time, a subsequent ruling on expert opinions buttressed the case with “significant expert causation evidence,” a federal judge in North Carolina said in rejecting reconsideration of his denial of summary judgment for Ford....