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30 Apr 2024, 10:28 am
Egilman was sufficiently clever to discern that if his “method” led to a conclusion that silicone gel breast implants cause autoimmune disease, but the Institute of Medicine, along with court-appointed experts, found no basis for a causal conclusion, then by modus tollens Egilman’s “method” was suspect and must be rejected.[1] This awareness likely explains the extent to which he went to cover up his involvement in the plaintiffs’… [read post]
13 Apr 2024, 3:33 pm
Prelude to Litigation Phenylpropanolamine (PPA) was a widely used direct α-adrenergic agonist used as a medication to control cold symptoms and to suppress appetite for weight loss.[1] In 1972, an over-the-counter (OTC) Advisory Review Panel considered the safety and efficacy of PPA-containing nasal decongestant medications, leading, in 1976, to a recommendation that the agency label these medications as “generally recognized as safe and effective. [read post]
23 Dec 2023, 7:16 pm
“Vermin of Proof: Arguments for the Admissibility of Animal Model Studies as Proof of Causation in Toxic Tort Litigation. [read post]
12 Jun 2023, 1:09 pm
In scientific publishing, when scientists make a mistake, they publish an erratum or a corrigendum. [read post]
10 Feb 2023, 4:44 am
Putting aside the idiosyncratic chapter by the late Professor Berger, most of the third edition of the Reference Manual presented guidance on many important issues. [read post]
19 Mar 2022, 2:09 pm
The important divide between regulatory practice and the litigation of causal claims in civil actions arises from the theoretical nature of the risk assessment enterprise. [read post]
12 Dec 2021, 2:22 pm
Liab. [read post]
17 Jun 2021, 12:29 pm
Supreme Court breathed fresh life into the trial court’s power and obligation to review expert witness opinions and to exclude unsound opinions.[7] Several months before the Supreme Court charted this new direction on expert witness testimony, the silicone breast implant litigation, fueled by iffy science and iffier scientists, erupted.[8] In October 1994, the Judicial Panel on Multi-District Litigation created MDL 926, which consolidated the… [read post]
14 Nov 2020, 10:11 am
Rev. de novo 1, 14 (2009) (“[t]he breast implant litigation was largely based on a litigation fraud. [read post]
14 Nov 2020, 10:11 am
Rev. de novo 1, 14 (2009) (“[t]he breast implant litigation was largely based on a litigation fraud. [read post]
23 Jan 2020, 10:37 pm
Singh abandoned his own interpretative principle to suit the litigation needs of the case. [read post]
2 May 2019, 10:44 am
See In re Breast Implant Cases, 942 F. [read post]
8 Apr 2019, 9:35 am
Back in 2001, in the aftermath of the silicone gel breast implant litigation, I participated in a Federal Judicial Center (FJC) television production of “Science in the Courtroom, program 6” (2001). [read post]
9 Jul 2017, 10:21 am
Silicone There are some glib characterizations of the silicone gel breast implant litigation as having had no evidentiary basis. [read post]
24 Mar 2017, 8:44 am
Evaluation of the California Talc Litigation Science Day Plaintiffs’ Presentations The presentation by the plaintiff lawyers was eerily reminiscent of the scientific case made by plaintiffs in the silicone breast implant ligation. [read post]
9 Apr 2016, 8:58 am
Liab. [read post]
2 Oct 2015, 11:00 am
The Brinton Study in Silicone Gel Breast Implant Litigation In the silicone gel breast implant litigation, claimants looked forward to a study by one of their champions, Dr. [read post]
15 May 2015, 7:03 am
In re Agent Orange Product Liab. [read post]
25 Apr 2015, 11:03 am
In litigating specific causation in so-called toxic tort cases, defense counsel quickly embraced the Manual’s apparent endorsement of the doubling-of-the-risk argument, which would require relative risks in excess of two in order to draw inferences of specific causation in a given case. [read post]
9 Mar 2015, 7:48 am
In the silicone gel breast implant litigation, after defense expert witnesses proffered meta-analyses[1], court-appointed expert witnesses adopted the approach and featured meta-analyses in their reports to the MDL court[2]. [read post]
