Kimberly-Clark Corp. v. Sawyer

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding, in a workers’ compensation case, that a doctor’s report assessing only three of six factors included in a generally accepted diagnostic standard for asbestosis did not meet the Frye standard and was, therefore, inadmissible
• reversing, based on evidentiary error, the award of benefits for employee’s workplace exposure to asbestos and noting that employer’s mill had complied with OSHA guidelines for permissible limits of exposure to asbestos

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

3 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Thompson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2012-02-17· cited 43×
• Swanstrom v. Teledyne Continental Motors, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2009-11-20· cited 10×
• ARVINMERITOR, INC. v. Johnson
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 2008-07-18· cited 1×

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Frye v. United States
  D.C. Circuit· 1923-12-03· cited 4,204×
• West v. Founders Life Assur. Co. of Florida
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1989-06-23· cited 2,411×
• Ex Parte Trinity Industries, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1996-05-03· cited 428×
• Ex Parte Cash
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1993-03-12· cited 115×
• Whitsett v. BAMSI, Inc.
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 1994-12-09· cited 107×
• Roberts v. Roberts
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 2001-05-11· cited 54×
• Ex Parte Wesley
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1990-09-28· cited 52×
• Nash v. Cosby
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1991-01-11· cited 37×
• Slay v. Keller Industries, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2001-12-07· cited 23×
• Chinevere v. Cullman County
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1987-02-20· cited 19×