Mich. Court Allows Some Experts to Testify in Workplace Mold Case

PONTIAC, Mich. - A Michigan trial court has ruled that Maryland physician Ritchie C. Shoemaker, M.D., can testify on symptoms and treatment for "toxic mold exposure" in an upcoming trial over workplace exposure, but the court limited testimony by plaintiffs' treating physicians and excluded testimony by another frequent mold expert. Colaianni, et al. v. Stuart Frankel Development Corp., No. 2003 051245 NO (Mich. Cir. Ct., Oakland Cty.).

Oakland County (Mich.) Circuit Court Judge Edward Sosnick said in a May 29 order addressing defense motions to exclude, that plaintiffs failed to persuade the court that toxicologist Richard L. Lipsey, Ph.D., is …