Judge Says Asbestos Defendants Can Argue Erionite Causation

( September 8, 2026, 12:16 PM EDT) -- OAKLAND, Calif. — A California judge ruled on a series of motions in limine in an asbestos-talc case, excluding evidence and arguments about talc pleurodesis designed to show talc’s safety, allowing evidence that erionite exposure in Mexico led the plaintiff to develop mesothelioma, and making various determinations on experts’ admissibility....