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In a case that has been labeled one of first impression, the wife of a victim of mesothelioma has prevailed after the defendant, Tennessee Valley Authority<\/a>, moved to dismiss the case. The case was heard in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.<\/p>\n

Barbara Bobo brought this lawsuit against nine defendants, eight of whom were dismissed pursuant to stipulation for dismissal leaving only her claim against the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). The plaintiffs were the co-personal representatives of the estate of Barbara Bobo who maintained a variety of claims against the TVA based on her contraction of pleural mesothelioma from washing her husband\u2019s work clothes. It was alleged that the work clothes contained asbestos dust originating from his job duties at TVA\u2019s Browns Ferry Nuclear Power General Facility <\/a>in Limestone County, Ala.<\/a><\/p>\n

In this case, the principle issue was the causation of her contraction of mesothelioma<\/a>. Before the court was a motion to exclude specific causation opinions of doctors. The motion to exclude the specific causation opinion was found to be moot and the motion to exclude specific causation opinion of another doctor was denied.<\/p>\n

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In a case that has been labeled one of first impression, the wife of a victim of mesothelioma has prevailed after the defendant, Tennessee Valley Authority, moved to dismiss the case. The case was heard in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. 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