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Benchmarks: Lawyer denied comp for chemical sensitivity disorder (access required)

By: Pat Murphy
Published: December 11, 2012

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A Washington lawyer claims she developed multiple chemical sensitivity disorder as a result of chemicals released in her former firm’s newly remodeled office.

Yesterday, a state court rejected her bid for workers’ compensation benefits.

Expert can’t testify on multiple-chemical sensitivity (access required)

By: Pat Murphy
Published: October 19, 2010

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An expert witness did not have a sufficiently reliable scientific basis to testify that a plaintiff’s illness was caused by her exposure to epoxy paint in her office, the Kansas Supreme Court has ruled in affirming a summary judgment.

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