Of Mice and Men: Excluding Evidence of Animal Studies in California Friction Cases by James G. Scadden, Esq.

photo-3 ic Fendicor those who have spent any time in the asbestos litigation arena, dealing with testimony of scientists associated with animal studies (particularly laboratory mice) is commonplace. Many times counsel on both sides have called scientists to the stand to describe their investigative efforts in regards to tumor development in laboratory animals, and many times opposing counsel have argued to exclude such testimony.

Typically, the exclusion efforts focus on the argument that the work of such doctors with laboratory animals cannot be shown to translate to evidence of how human bodies react to exposures. …