Environmental
Jun. 30, 2006
Asbestos Defendants' Causation Strategy Backfires
The issue of generic causation - i.e. whether some toxin T or hazardous substance S has the general capacity to cause disease D in humans - is a perennial favorite of the toxic-tort defense bar, and for good reason. If even one well-crafted
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The issue of generic causation - i.e. whether some toxin T or hazardous substance S has the general capacity to cause disease D in humans - is a perennial favorite of the toxic-tort defense bar, and for good reason. If even one well-crafted judicial opinion finds reliable evidence of generic causation to be lacking, the precedent can create a dif...
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