Medical experts who failed to link studies establishing vinyl chloride as a carcinogen to illnesses of two children were properly rejected in a toxic tort case, the Seventh Circuit ruled Aug. 26 (C.W. v. Textron Inc., 7th Cir., 14-3448, 8/26/15).
The court affirmed the dismissal of vinyl chloride exposure claims against Textron Inc., the long-time operator of a fastener manufacturing plant in Rochester, Ind.
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana correctly excluded plaintiffs’ medical experts James G. Dahlgren, Vera S. Byers and Jill E. Ryer-Powder for employing faulty methodology, the U.S. Court of ...
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