Eighth Circuit· 9/19/1996

Wright v. Willamette Industries, Inc.

Citations

91 F.3d 1105

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

holding that a plaintiff must demonstrate “the levels of exposure that are hazardous to human beings generally as well as the plaintiff’s actual level of exposure to the defendant’s toxic substance before he or she may recover”
stating that it is “not enough for a plaintiff to show that a certain chemical agent sometimes causes the kind of harm that he or she is complaining of”
holding expert opinions inadmissible in the absence of evidence of exposure to toxic substance
“[T]here must be evidence from which the factfinder can conclude that the plaintiff was exposed to levels of that agent that are known to cause the kind of harm that the plaintiff claims to have suffered.”

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