Lockheed Martin Loses Bid to Exclude Evidence on Toxic Emissions

Lockheed Martin Corp. will have to face a contaminant exposure expert as part of a group of related suites alleging the company exposed the public to dangerous levels of toxic chemicals from its weapons manufacturing plant in Orlando, Fla.

The defense contractor lost a motion to exclude testimony from the plaintiffs’ air modeling engineer in the US District Court for the Middle District of Florida. The court order filed to the docket Wednesday ruled that Dr. Ranajit Sahu’s calculations are reliable evidence in support of the plaintiffs, providing the “cornerstone of their specific causation theory” that people who live or ...