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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… [read post]
28 Apr 2024, 11:33 am
There was a good bit of irony in Egilman’s reaching out to me to help him prepare for my deposition of him in a silicone gel breast implant case. [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]
8 Apr 2024, 10:08 am
When the Supreme Court decided the Daubert case in June 1993, two recent verdicts in silicone-gel breast implant cases were fresh in memory.[1] The verdicts were large by the standards of the time, and the evidence presented for the claims that silicone caused autoimmune disease was extremely weak. [read post]
23 Dec 2023, 7:16 pm
Joiner had can cause small-cell lung cancer.[13] Perhaps the most egregious lapses in scholarship occur when Ranges, a newly minted scientist, and her co-author, a full professor of law, write: “For example, Bendectin, an antinausea medication prescribed to pregnant women, caused a slew of birth defects (hence its nickname ‘The Second Thalidomide’).49”[14] I had to re-read this sentence many times to make sure I was not hallucinating. [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]
15 Sep 2022, 1:24 pm
Edward K. [read post]
19 Mar 2022, 2:09 pm
Risk assessments would seemingly be about assessing risks, but they are not. [read post]
12 Dec 2021, 2:22 pm
Supp. 2d 992, 1199–1200 (E.D.N.Y. 2006), rev’d on other grounds, 522 F.3d 215 (2d Cir. 2008) (describing confounding in studies of low-tar cigarettes, where authors failed to account for confounding and assessing healthier life styles in users) Third Circuit In re Zoloft Prods. [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 federal breast… [read post]
14 Nov 2020, 10:11 am
Plaintiffs, plaintiffs’ counsel, and plaintiffs’ advocacy groups have funded studies, often surreptitiously, in many litigations, including those involving claims of harm from Bair Hugger, asbestos, silicone gel breast implants, welding fume, Zofran, isotretinoin, and others. [read post]
14 Nov 2020, 10:11 am
Plaintiffs, plaintiffs’ counsel, and plaintiffs’ advocacy groups have funded studies, often surreptitiously, in many litigations, including those involving claims of harm from Bair Hugger, asbestos, silicone gel breast implants, welding fume, Zofran, isotretinoin, and others. [read post]
26 May 2020, 6:22 am
” The late Judge Sam Pointer, appointed to preside over MDL 926, In re Silicone Gel Breast Implants Products Liability Litigation, Master File No. [read post]
23 Feb 2020, 9:54 am
Nor does Smith delve into how Swan sought to reprise her performance in the silicone gel breast implant litigation, only to be booted by several judges as an expert witness. [read post]
23 Jan 2020, 10:37 pm
The phosphodiesterases 5 inhibitor medications (PDE5i) seem to arouse the litigation propensities of the lawsuit industry. [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]
12 Dec 2017, 1:31 pm
D.C. 1999). 3 See In re Breast Implant Cases, 942 F. [read post]
5 Sep 2017, 6:59 pm
In re Silicone Gel Breast Implant Product Liability Litigation. [read post]
