Using Gene Expression as a Pathway to Victory in Toxic Tort Litigation

A Commentary by Howard E. Jarvis, Esq. & Dean T. Howell, Esq. of Woolf, McClane, Bright, Allen & Carpenter, PLLC

Editor’s Note: The topics in this commentary and more will be addressed at HarrisMartin’s upcoming DNA and Molecular Evidence in Toxic Torts Conference: A Scientific Revolution in Asbestos, Benzene and Environmental Litigation, March 27 in Charleston, SC. For details, visit the conference homepage.

The ever-expanding scientific field of genetics and gene expression analysis is now making its way to courtrooms. As part of the ongoing litigation battles between the plaintiffs’ bar and the defense bar in toxic tort …