Asbestos Expert Who Suffered 'Character Assassination' for Violating Gag Order in Beryllium Case Denied Due Process, Court Rules

icWendichen well-known plaintiffs' asbestos expert Dr. David Egilman was slapped with sanctions a year ago by a Colorado judge for violating a gag order and barred from ever testifying again in the judge's Jefferson County court, Egilman cried foul.

Not only did he construe the sanctions and corresponding order labeling him "out of control" and "no longer a credible" as an attack to his career as an expert witness. But, the measure - ordered because Egilman allegedly posted defamatory statements about the judge, the defendants and defense counsel involved in the case - …