Judge Admits Marine Engineering Expert In Asbestos Sovereign Immunity Case

(October 15, 2024, 9:06 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — After denying reconsideration and precluding a man from relying on a settled party’s experts, a federal judge in Louisiana turned away challenges to a marine engineering expert, saying the expert’s knowledge about Navy shipbuilding practices and asbestos is likely to be helpful to a jury on the issue of derivative sovereign immunity....