Bartolome E. Abuan v. General Electric Co. Monsanto Company, Bartolome E. Abuan v. General Electric Co., and Monsanto Company

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• noting that plaintiffs’ expert failed to prove significance of increased risk for any individual
• stating that the plaintiffs would be required to prove individual damages at trial and holding that the plaintiffs’ expert reports were insufficient to preclude summary judgment for the defendants where the reports made no attempt to establish such damages
• explaining that res judicata requires “(1) a final judgment on the merits in a prior suit involving (2) the same parties or their privies and (3) a subsequent suit based on the same cause of action,” including claims that “could have been brought” in the prior suit
• summary judgment was proper against plaintiffs seeking recovery for exposure to PCB's, where plaintiffs couldn't show they were certain to incur disease or had a significant chance of suffering a latent disease
• toxic exposures at a manufacturing plant

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