Del. Defendants Oppose General Admissibility Hearing Proposal

WILMINGTON, Del. -- Defendants involved in the Delaware benzene litigation have opposed a plaintiff motion for an admissibility hearing in trace benzene cases, saying that the plaintiffs have failed to produce a single expert and that the court cannot hold a hearing on "non-existent" expert opinion or testimony. In re: Benzene Litigation, No. 06C-BEN-1 (Del. Super. Ct., New Castle Cty.).

In the June 29 response, the defendants claim that the plaintiffs are dissatisfied with the results of court-ordered mediation and their proposal wrongfully seeks "to vacate all scheduling orders and trial dates and seek an advisory opinion on a discrete …