Judge Upholds Expert Testimony in Asbestos Wrongful Death Case Against Manufacturer

A Pennsylvania federal judge ruled on motions in an asbestos wrongful death action, denying requests to exclude portions of a plaintiff’s expert’s testimony. The judge, presiding over the case in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, found that the U.S. Navy would have included warnings in its technical manuals if John Crane Inc. had supplied them. The case involved David Cox, who served in the U.S. Navy and later worked in Philadelphia.

The ruling addressed the reliability of the expert's methodology in the case. The case centers on whether John Crane Inc. could be held liable for failing to include necessary warnings in its technical manuals.