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The NAM and five other associations filed an amicus brief in the Louisiana Supreme Court to underscore the need for proof causation in toxic tort cases. In this case, we argued that the lower courts allowed a case to proceed without proof of actual exposure and specific causation on injury. The courts' misapplication of the standard of causation in toxic tort cases has significant and far-reaching ramifications for manufacturers. In addition, the lower court's deviation from standard principles of causation is a decision that should be made by the legislature, not by the courts. Loosening the legal rules applicable to specific causation will increase costs for manufacturers doing business in Louisiana.

On Nov. 28, 2014, the Louisiana Supreme Court declined to hear this appeal.