Fighting 'Fugitive Dust' Claims With Rule 403

Law360, New York (November 14, 2014, 11:24 AM EST) -- In Jim Aana, et al. v. Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc., et al., Nos. 12-00231, 12-00665, 2014 WL 4244221 (D. Haw. Aug. 26, 2014) ("Aana v. Hi-Bred"), a consolidated class action filed by the residents of Waimea, Kauai, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii excluded expert testimony and other evidence of health and environmental effects caused by "fugitive dusts" containing herbicides and pesticides as having only minimal relevance to the plaintiffs' nuisance claims and probative value that was outweighed by the risk of confusing the jury and unnecessarily increasing the complexity and length of the trial....

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