Mason v. Texaco, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• identifying the link, revealed through scientific research, between benzene exposure and leukemia, among other cancers of the blood
• pointing out that these parameters “have been established and defined through epidemiological studies”
• disallowing 7 the use of prior pleadings to cross-examine plaintiff because “clients will rarely, if ever, be in a position to explain the legal theories and strategies chosen by their lawyers”
• “A medical degree or training does not confer any magical qualities upon those experts for both plaintiff and defendant who testified on the causation issue.”
• evidence of defendant’s lobbying activities was admissible to show 5 that defendant knew the product at issue was dangerous

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).