toxic-tort

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-750 Calvin M. Costanza v. Florida Marine Transporters, LLC Louisiana 2025-12-23 Pending causation-standard daubert-standard jones-act maritime-law scientific-evidence toxic-tort Whether under 46 U.S.C.A. § 30104 (The Jones Act) relaxed causation standard, requiring only that the employer's negligence play "any part, even the s…
24-485 Kirk Prest v. BP Exploration & Production, Incorporated, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-10-31 Denied Response Waived abuse-of-discretion epidemiological-evidence expert-testimony rule-702 scientific-reliability toxic-tort Whether a trial court may categorically exclude expert testimony in toxic tort cases without quantitative exposure data and whether the abuse of discr…