Asbestos Lab Analyst’s Work With Longo Requires Deposition, Talc Company Says

(July 9, 2024, 11:40 AM EDT) -- ATLANTA — A lab analyst isn’t an “innocent bystander” but the person who actually peers into the microscope, makes observations about whether talc contains asbestos and collaborates closely with testifying witness William Longo in asbestos litigation, a talc company told a federal judge in Georgia in response to an objection to a magistrate judge’s ruling permitting the man’s deposition....