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11 Jul 2019, 9:10 am by Schachtman
In the Paoli Railroad yard litigation, plaintiffs claimed injuries and increased risk of future cancers from environmental exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). [read post]
17 Oct 2015, 5:29 am by Schachtman
In re Paoli RR Yard PCB Litig., 35 F.3d 717, 745 (3d Cir. 1994). [read post]
11 May 2020, 1:09 am by Schachtman
In the face of this traditional judicial lassitude, “[v]igorous cross-examination, presentation of contrary evidence, and careful instruction on the burden of proof” were all a litigant could hope to accomplish in litigation. [read post]
12 Nov 2014, 2:57 pm by Schachtman
In re Paoli RR Yard PCB Litig., 35 F.3d 717, 750 (3d Cir.1994) (Becker, J.), cert. denied, 115 S.Ct.1253 (1995). [read post]
28 May 2020, 5:29 am by Schachtman
Despite the confusing verbiage, these judicial rulings are a serious deviation from the text of Rule 702, as well as the Advisory Committee Note to the 2000 Amendments, which embraced the standard articulated in In re Paoli, that “any step that renders the analysis unreliable . . . renders the expert’s testimony inadmissible. [read post]
18 Apr 2012, 4:40 pm by Schachtman
Rev. de novo 1, 14 (2009) (describing plaintiffs’ expert witnesses in silicone litigation as “charlatans”; “[t]he breast implant litigation was largely based on a litigation fraud. [read post]
23 Jun 2014, 12:57 pm by Schachtman
ITERATIVE DISJUNCTIVE SYLLOGISM Basic propositional logic teaches that the disjunctive syllogism (modus tollendo ponens) is a valid argument, in which one of its premises is a disjunction (P v Q), and the other premise is the negation of one of the disjuncts: P v Q ~P­­­_____ ∴ Q See Irving Copi & Carl Cohen Introduction to Logic at 362 (2005). [read post]