Judge: Jury Will Be Told Asbestos Expert Should Have Preserved Emails

( March 12, 2026, 2:17 PM EDT) -- NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A federal judge in Virginia said that as a sanction, a jury will be instructed that an expert had a duty to preserve emails between asbestos-talc study collaborators when he destroyed them, but said a motion seeking to compel interrogatory responses about litigation funding is denied for being untimely....