( October 28, 2024, 1:49 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Reference to a man’s talc pleurodesis procedures would likely only confuse a jury, a construction expert may testify about general industry practices and likely length of exposure but not whether a man could have purchased a defendant’s product at a local hardware store, and any attempt to trigger the jury’s reptilian brain at trial can be addressed at that time, a federal judge in California said in partially granting motions in limine....