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4 Nov 2018, 10:56 am
Third, the trial court in Cook had to ignore the federal judiciary’s own reference manual’s warnings about the inability of ecological studies to provide causal inferences.8 The Cook case is part of an unfortunate trend to regard all studies as “flawed,” and their relative weights simply a matter of argument and debate for the litigants.9 Abilify Another example of sloppy reasoning about confounding can be found in a recent federal trial court decision, In… [read post]
15 Jun 2014, 10:36 am
In In re Fibreboard Corp., 893 F. 2d 706, 711-12 (5th Cir. 1990), the court rejected a class action approach to litigating asbestos personal injury claims because risk could not substitute for findings of individual causation: “That procedure cannot focus upon such issues as individual causation, but ultimately must accept general causation as sufficient, contrary to Texas law. [read post]
18 Mar 2011, 10:04 am
Toxic Tort Cases In re Agent Orange Product Liab. [read post]
19 Sep 2011, 9:36 am
” Given that litigation often involves unusual situations outside both the statistical and prescriptive “norms” of ordinary life, the abandonment of extreme deference to expert witnesses as the ultimate arbiters of reasonableness is a significant advance in the evolution of the Federal Rules of Evidence. [read post]
11 Oct 2009, 3:47 pm
Finally it will review the most recent legislative efforts and judicial litigation both in the U.S. and in other countries.The greatest benefits from the topics covered will be to students who plan to work for major law firms with international clients, multilateral organizations, multinational corporations and international NGOs. [read post]
14 Feb 2009, 11:56 am
Gibson Dunn already is seeing a surge in labor and employment, consumer fraud, and products liability litigation. [read post]
