Focus (Forum & Focus)
Dec. 15, 2007
Complaints About Jury Instructions Mask Attempt to Avoid Liability
Forum Column - By Paul C. Cook and Michael B. Gurien - Every exposure to asbestos, no matter how small, increases the risk of cancer. So why shouldn't jurors be allowed to know that?
By Paul C. Cook
and Michael B. Gurien
In a recent column ("Guiding Juries," Nov. 8), Michael L. Fox outlined defense objections to existing CACI causation instructions in asbestos-related cancer cases and proposed revisions to those instructions. He claimed that neither the current instructions, nor the proposed revisions, "reflect the law."
Since his article, the Califo...
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