Legal Opinion
Robertson v. Allied Signal, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 28, 1990No. Nos. 89-2123 and 89-2124PublishedCited by 358 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
MANSMANN, Circuit Judge.
In this diversity matter we are asked to examine the substantive tort law of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in order to determine the role of expert testimony and the so-called “fiber drift” theory in proving causation in cases of alleged asbestos-related injury. Because the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has not addressed the question before us, our task is to predict the position which that court would take in resolving this dispute. We conclude that the fiber drift theory, when grounded in the standards set forth in Pennsylvania decisions, is a…
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