LOUDERMILL v. DOW CHEMICAL CO.

No. 88-1011.

863 F.2d 566 (1988)

Abraham LOUDERMILL and Joyce Loudermill, et al., Appellees, v. The DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY, Appellant. v. M-P CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 9, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan D. Harrel, Texarkana, Tex., for appellant.

Randolph C. Jackson, Fort Smith, Ark., for appellees.

Before JOHN R. GIBSON, WOLLMAN and BEAM, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

The Dow Chemical Company appeals, and the estate and heirs of the deceased Abraham Loudermill cross-appeal, from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of Loudermill's wife and minor children. Loudermill was exposed to certain chemicals on Dow's premises, which the jury found eventually led to his death. For reversal, Dow first makes three arguments with respect to the expert testimony of Dr. William T. Lowry, a toxicologist and...

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