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Expert Testimony: Expert Witnesses Must be Prepared to Produce Positive Evidence to Establish General Causation in Drug Products Liability Actions—Ruggiero v. Warner-Lambert Co.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 January 2021

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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics and Boston University 2005

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References

1 424 F.3d 249 (2d Cir. 2005) [hereinafter Ruggiero].

2 Id. at 251.

3 Id.

4 Id.

5 Id

6 Id.

7 Id.

8 Id.

9 Id.

10 Id. at 252.

11 Id.

12 215 F.3d 219 (2d Cir. 2000).

13 Ruggiero, 424 F.3d at 252.

14 Id.

15 Id.

16 Id at 253.

17 Id.

18 Id.

19 Id.

20 509 U.S. 579 (1993).

21 Ruggiero, 424 F.3d at 253.

22 Ruggiero, 424 F.3d at 253 (quoting Nimely v. City of New York, 414 F.3d 381, 397 (2d Cir. 2002)).

23 Fed. R. Evid. 702.

24 Ruggiero, 424 F.3d at 254.

25 Id. (quoting Hall v. Baxter Healthcare Corp., 947 F.Supp. 1387, 1413 (D. Or. 1996)).

26 Id. (citing Hines v. Consol. Rail Corp., 926 F.2d 262, 270 n. 6 (3d Cir. 1991)Google Scholar).

27 Id.

28 Id. at 253-254.

29 Id. at 254 (quoting Cavallo v. Star Enter., 892 F.Supp. 756, 771 (E.D.Va. 1995)).

30 Id.

31 Id.

32 61 F.3d 1038 (2d Cir. 1995) [hereinafter McCullock].

33 Ruggiero, 424 F.3d at 255.

34 McCullock, 61 F.3d at 1044.

35 Ruggiero, 424 F.3d at 254-255.

36 522 U.S. 136 (1997).

37 Id. at 146.

38 303 F.3d 256 (2d Cir. 2002).

39 Id. at 266.

40 Ruggiero, 424 F.3d at 255.

41 Id. at 254.

42 Id.

43 Id.