Mealey's ( December 6, 2023, 2:32 PM EST) -- SAN DIEGO — A trial court did not err in instructing a jury on the consumer expectation test, any problem with statements made by the defendant during the trial were remedied by the court’s corrective statements and a man never addressed the reasons a court excluded deposition testimony taken from the defendant’s corporate representative in previous asbestos cases, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said in affirming a defense verdict....