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Exclusion of Causation Expert Upheld

By Sean Wajert on July 21, 2015
Posted in Articles, Chemical

The Seventh Circuit recently held that a lower court was correct to preclude a proposed causation expert from testifying for the plaintiffs in a suit …
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MDL Court Rejects Plaintiffs’ New Causation Experts

By Sean Wajert on February 9, 2015
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Consumer Products, Toxic Tort

The MDL judge in the Denture Cream Products coordinated litigation has rejected all of plaintiffs’ general causation experts. See In re Denture Cream …
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Expert Engineering Testimony Improperly Admitted

By Sean Wajert on January 20, 2015
Posted in Articles, Consumer Products

A case from last week reminds us of the importance of appellate review of expert witness admissibility decisions, and the potential impact of junk sci…
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Each and Every Exposure Opinion Rejected

By Sean Wajert on January 12, 2015
Posted in Articles, Toxic Tort

A federal court recently excluded the specific causation opinions of a plaintiff’s expert who asserted the defendant was liable in an asbestos case un…
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Long-standing Case Arising from Hurricane Rejected

By Sean Wajert on July 28, 2014
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Class Action, Toxic Tort

Readers know we don’t have the resources here to update every case we post on, but here is an update on a case we posted about nearly six years ago. S…
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Appeals Court Affirms Summary Judgment for Cart Manufacturer

By Sean Wajert on March 11, 2014
Posted in Articles, Consumer Products

The Second Circuit affirmed the grant of summary judgment for a golf cart maker who challenged plaintiff’s expert opinion in a design defect suit by a…
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Failure of General Causation Proof Leads to Summary Judgment in Chemical Case

By Sean Wajert on July 18, 2013
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Toxic Tort

The Ohio appeals court ruled recently that a plaintiff could not pursue her chemical exposure toxic tort suit since her sole general causation expert’…
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Florida Adopts Daubert Test

By Sean Wajert on July 2, 2013
Posted in Articles

Last month, Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) signed into law legislation (H.B. 7015) concerning the qualifications of expert witnesses and replacing the th…
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Daubert Decision to Watch in Ninth Circuit

By Sean Wajert on March 30, 2013
Posted in Articles, Chemical

Here’s one to watch. The Ninth Circuit last week said it will rehear the case of a paper mill employee whose $9.4 million mesothelioma verdict was vac…
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Ninth Circuit Vacates Asbestos Verdict on Daubert Basis

By Sean Wajert on November 20, 2012
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Toxic Tort

The Ninth Circuit earlier this month vacated a $9 million award for a plaintiff who allegedly contracted mesothelioma working for decades at a paper m…
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