Court Reverses $15.5 Million Verdict in Chemical Injury Case

JACKSON, Miss. -- The Mississippi Supreme Court has reversed a $15.5 million verdict in a chemical exposure case, remanding the case for a new trial based on the finding that the trial court erred in allowing testimony of several plaintiff experts. E.I. Dupont de Nemours and Company v. Strong, et al., No. 2006-CA-01005-SCT (Miss. Sup. Ct.).

In the Oct. 18 opinion, from which three of the Supreme Court justices dissented, the majority did, however, decline to extend the "frequency, regularity, proximity" test to toxic exposure cases other than those involving asbestos claims.

Glen and Connie Strong first filed their …