Pa. Superior Court Affirms Exclusion of Expert Testimony in Rohm & Haas Chemical Exposure Case

HARRISBURG, Pa. – The Pennsylvania Superior Court has affirmed summary judgment for Rohm and Haas in a chemical exposure case brought by the family of a deceased worker who allegedly contracted brain cancer from exposure to workplace chemicals.

The intermediate appellate court found for Rohm and Haas Dec. 6 after concluding that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in excluding testimony by the plaintiffs’ sole causation expert for failing to meet admissibility requirements.

In 2009, Anne Snizavich sued on behalf of her late husband, Joseph, who worked as a pipefitter for Welsch Co. for 13 years, and spent …