SHUMAKER v. OLIVER B. CANNON & SONS, INC.

No. 86-236.

28 Ohio St. 3d 367 (1986)

SHUMAKER, APPELLEE, v. OLIVER B. CANNON & SONS, INC., APPELLANT, ET AL.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 30, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Landskroner & Phillips Co., L.P.A., and Lawrence Landskroner, for appellee.

Frutig, Polito & Travis Co., L.P.A., Thomas R. Frutig and D. John Travis, for appellant.


Per Curiam.

Appellant contends the trial court erred in admitting expert testimony as to the mere possibility of a causal connection between the chemical exposure and appellee's terminal cancer. We agree.

Dr. Kravitz, a medical expert for appellee, testified that "with a reasonable degree of probability, it is likely that this combination of those three chemicals could have caused the cancer." (Emphasis added.)

It is well-settled that...

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