What the Experts Are Saying: Industrial Hygienist Vernon E. Rose, Ph.D.

Editor's Note: The following exchange was excerpted from the deposition of Dr. Vernon Rose, taken Aug. 4, 2005, in League City, Texas. Dr. Rose was being deposed in three cases - Cleveland v. Air Liquide America Corp., No. 03-1832 (Texas Dist. Ct., Dallas Cty.); Edwards v. Aearo Co., No. 03CV0643 (Texas Dist. Ct., Galveston Cty.); and Bell v. Aearo Co., No. 169,785 (Texas Dist. Ct., Jefferson Cty.) - alleging injury caused by exposure to silica.

Questions posed to Rose by the following attorneys appear below: Vanessa L. Vance of Connelly, Baker, Wotring & Jackson in Houston; Steven L. Russell of …