Environmental Law

W.R. Grace Trial, cont.

By Walter James

Yes, the world keeps revolving and the Grace trial continues. 

I have not posted on the Grace trial the last two weeks; rather, I have been following it on the University of Montana blog http://blog.umt.edu/gracecase/.  I have said it before; this is an excellent blog and provides the law students and the journalist students a chance to learn at an actual trial.  I wonder of other universities with law schools and journalism schools will follow suit?

Back to Grace.  The last two weeks has brought a certain rhythm to the case.  The government presents and the defense objects and cross-examines.  The government has now put on several experts. Aubry Miller, tried to explain the science behind asbestos; then the government presented research chemist with hamster studies.  The trial did get a little juicy when the government started putting former Grace employees on the stand: James Becker a former Grace financial analyst and Robert Locke who held several different positions within Grace.  I am not going to do justice to the testimony.  The blog is doing that . . . so check it out.

More later.

As always, feel free to contact me via e-mail at walter.james@jamespllc.com.

WDJiii

Full post as published by Environmental Crimes Blog on March 28, 2009 (boomark / email).