ABSTRACT
Having testied in the asbestos litigation for the past 20 years, I have developed a number of teaching tools to explain the complex nature of asbestos to a jury. In addition to electron microscope photos, I’ve used rice noodle models as fair and accurate representations of what I see when I look at asbestos through the microscope. e similarities are striking when recognized by asbestos-involved scientists, but when I began using the noodle models, opposing counsel vigorously objected. Now that the noodle models have passed the hurdles of many judicial reviews, there is hardly a trial objection to be heard. e exception to this is the occasional novitiate lawyer who feels the need to challenge my noodle models, and is rapidly silenced by the judge saying, “I’ve seen his noodles, and they’re okay!”
