Amici Join in Defendants' Appeal of Evidentiary Requirements

LANSING, Mich. - Several groups have filed an amici curiae brief in Michigan's Supreme Court disputing the causal connection between automobile mechanic work and an increased risk for developing mesothelioma, saying that related lawsuits have been based on speculative expert opinion rather than epidemiological studies. Chapin, et al. v. Daimler Chrysler Corp., et al., No. 133178 (Mich. Sup. Ct.).

The March 12 brief specifically joins in defendants' appeal of a May 2004 trial court order denying defendants' in limine motion to preclude plaintiffs from introducing evidence regarding the alleged causal connection, and requesting that Michigan's high court require the state's …