Federal Discovery Ruling Stands In Toxic Shoe Dye Wrongful Death Suit

( August 28, 2026, 4:01 PM EDT) -- CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Finding that “the court cannot reconsider a ruling it never made” regarding costs and fees for discovery proceedings, a federal judge in Virginia denied a motion to reconsider a ruling partially granting and denying a motion in limine to exclude proposed evidence of chemical testing in a wrongful death case involving a woman who died after alleged exposure to toxic dyes in recalled slip-on shoes....