( May 26, 2026, 11:18 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on May 26 denied a petition for a writ of certiorari in a case brought by Union Carbide Corp. and an affiliate in which they argued that the court should review a Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals opinion pertaining to the correct legal standard for the admissibility of an expert under Federal Rule of Evidence 702 in an ethylene oxide XE "ethylene
oxide" (EtO) injury case....