N.C. Grants Unopposed Motion for Summary Judgment in Pesticide Exposure Case

NEW BERN, N.C. –– A North Carolina has granted an unopposed motion for summary judgment in a pesticide case, concluding that the plaintiff was required to provide facts supporting the alleged exposure, whether through expert testimony or otherwise.

In the July 14 order, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina additionally noted that the plaintiff had failed to “forecast any expert testimony by the expert disclosure deadline.”

Patricia Lipscomb filed the underlying complaint, asserting a claim for negligence on grounds that she wrongfully inhaled pesticides that were applied by Orkin Inc. and Rollins Inc. at a …