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Civil Litigation

Jul. 3, 2001

Tough Standard

'Glastetter' demonstrates just how rigorous an analysis must be employed by federal judges evaluating causation issues in tort cases.

        By David Stanley and David De Jesus
        
        When the U.S. Supreme Court issued Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc., 509 U.S. 579 (1993), the seminal federal case on the admissibility of scientific evidence, many commentators contended that more expert opinions would be admitted. The Daubert standard, the...

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