Stricken Asbestos Testimony Didn’t Influence Verdict, Louisiana Court Says

( October 2, 2024, 8:44 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — An expert’s stricken testimony about shipyard asbestos exposure was irrelevant to a jury’s conclusion that there was insufficient evidence of asbestos in a company’s talc, a majority of a Louisiana appeals court said in reversing a ruling granting a new trial.  But in a pair of dissents, judges found the testimony more relevant than the majority credited....