Tag: Exposure
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Industrial Hygiene Expert Witness’ Calculations of Dosage Exposure to Asbestos Admitted
On October 27, 2020, Plaintiff Robert Stephen Sentilles was diagnosed with mesothelioma. He filed a lawsuit against several Defendants, including Defendant Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (“Avondale”), claiming that his disease resulted from asbestos exposure that occurred from the 1950s to the 1980s. With respect to Avondale, Sentilles asserted that he was personally exposed to asbestos when…
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Toxicology Expert Witness Deemed Qualified to Opine on Risk Assessments
This case involves a dispute concerning the contamination of the drinking water in Hoosick Falls, New York by perfluorooctanoic acid, a chemical commonly referred to as PFOA. Following multiple settlement agreements with certain Defendants, DuPont is the only remaining Defendant. Plaintiffs alleged that DuPont is liable for producing the PFOA that ultimately contaminated the water…
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Epidemiology Expert Witness’ General Causation Opinion Rejected
This is a multidistrict litigation (“MDL”) in which over 5,000 individual Plaintiffs allege that they developed Parkinson’s disease because of their exposure to an herbicide, paraquat dichloride (“paraquat”). Paraquat is a restricted-use quaternary ammonium herbicide that is used to control weeds in farming operations and other settings around the United States. Defendants, Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC…
