Legal Opinion
Hall v. Conoco Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided April 10, 2018No. 17-6086PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BACHARACH, Circuit Judge.
This appeal involves issues of causation and exclusion of expert testimony. These issues arose in a suit by Ms. Samantha Hall against Conoco Inc., ConocoPhillips Company, and Phillips 66 Company (collectively, "ConocoPhillips") on theories of negligence, negligence per se, and strict liability.
Ms. Hall was diagnosed with leukemia, and she attributes the disease to a ConocoPhillips refinery's emissions of a chemical known as benzene. Liability turned largely on whether benzene emissions had caused Ms. Hall's leukemia. On the issue of causation, the district court…
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