Special Master Sides With Plaintiffs In Spat Over Lab Employee Deposition

( August 13, 2024, 8:19 AM EDT) -- TRENTON, N.J. — Two orders made clear that an asbestos-testing lab employee was not being deposed as an expert but rather about firsthand knowledge that could potentially fill in the gaps of expert William Longo’s testimony, a special master in the federal asbestos multidistrict litigation said in denying a motion to compel and for sanctions....