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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · March 22, 2023 · in the opinion

Ragusa v. Louisiana Guaranty Insurance Association (2023)

However, Avondale argues that Plaintiff's self-serving testimony and this general policy cannot be enough to subject it to liability for negligence (Rec. Doc. 568, at 3). Avondale states that this evidence "does not translate…
Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · March 22, 2023

Ragusa v. Louisiana Guaranty Insurance Association (2023)

…established that the plaintiff has mesothelioma and that asbestos caused it. This general causation ruling does not stop defendants from distinguishing among exposures and forms of asbestos or from contesting specific causation before the jury. Causation
Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · March 30, 2023 · in the opinion

Ragusa v. Louisiana Guaranty Insurance Association (2023)

…Expert testimony is required to establish causation, and a court may admit specific-causation evidence only after the plaintiff has produced admissible evidence on general causation. Id. To show specific causation in a toxic tort case…
Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · March 27, 2023 · in the opinion

Ragusa v. Louisiana Guaranty Insurance Association (2023)

…2007)). So, although the Fifth Circuit has made clear that the "general rule" is to decline to exercise jurisdiction over state law claims after all federal claims are eliminated from a case, this rule is "neither…