Insights & Events

The Daubert Years

Conde v. Velsicol Chem. Corp., 804 F. Supp. 972 (S.D. Ohio 1992)

Conde v. Velsicol Chem. Corp., 24 F.3d 809 (6th Cir. 1994)

The Original Rule 702 Era (1993 – 2000)

Schudel v. Gen. Elec. Co., 120 F.3d 991 (9th Cir. 1997)

The 2000 Amendments

Glastetter v. Novartis Pharm. Corp., 252 F.3d 986 (8th Cir. 2001)

Hollander v. Sandoz Pharm. Corp., 289 F.3d 1193 (10th Cir. 2002)

Rider/Siharath v. Sandoz Pharm. Corp., 295 F.3d 1194 (11th Cir. 2002)

New Mexico v. Gen. Elec. Co., 467 F.3d 1223 (10th Cir. 2006)

Rule 702 and Specific Causation (the 2010s)

Anderson, Melau, Thomas v. Novartis: MDL Court Grants Summary Judgment in Four First-Wave Zometa Cases

Walsh v. Novartis: Court Grants Novartis’s Motion to Exclude Testimony of Plaintiff’s Specific-Causation Expert in NJ Aredia/Zometa Mass Tort Action

Parmentier (Jones) v. Novartis: E.D. Missouri Grants Novartis Summary Judgment in Products Liability Case

Perkins v. Novartis: Louisiana Federal Court Grants Summary Judgment to Novartis After Excluding Plaintiff’s Expert Witnesses

Garrison v. Novartis: Novartis Gets Another Summary Judgment and Daubert Win Shortly Before Trial

Jones v. Novartis: 11th Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment in Reclast Case Based on Daubert Exclusion of Expert Testimony

HLLP Advocacy and the 2023 Amendments

1. Joe G. Hollingsworth and Eric G. Lasker, “The Case Against Differential Diagnosis: Daubert, Medical Causation Testimony, and the Scientific Method,” Journal of Health, Volume 37, No. 1 Law (Winter 2004)
2. Joe G. Hollingsworth and Eric G. Lasker, “Throwing Out Junk Science: The Impact of Michigan’s Adoption of Daubert in Toxic Tort Litigation (Part I of III),” Michigan Defense Quarterly, Vol. 23, No. 2 (October 2006)
3. Joe G. Hollingsworth and Eric G. Lasker, “Daubert in Toxic Tort Litigation (Part II of III),” Michigan Defense Quarterly, Vol. 23, No. 3 (January 2007)
4. Joe G. Hollingsworth and Eric G. Lasker, “Daubert in Toxic Tort Litigation (Part III of III),” Michigan Defense Quarterly, Vol. 23, No. 4 (April 2007)
5. Eric G. Lasker, “Manning the Daubert Gate: A Defense Primer in Response to Milward v. Acuity Specialty Products,” IADC’s Defense Counsel Journal (April 2012) (Winner of 2012 George W. Yancey Memorial Award)
6. Eric G. Lasker (Co-Author), “Defending Daubert: It’s Time to Amend Federal Rule of Evidence 702,” Wm. & Mary L. Rev., Vol. 57, No. 1 (October 2015)
7. Eric G. Lasker (Panelist), “Conference on Proposed Amendments: Experts, the Rule of Completeness, and Sequestration of Witnesses,” The Philip D. Reed Lecture Series Advisory Committee on Evidence Rules, 87 Fordham L. Rev. 1361 (March 2019)
8. Eric Lasker (Editor), “New Federal Rule of Evidence Rule 702: A Circuit-by-Circuit Guide to Overruled ‘Wayward Caselaw’,” IADC’s Defense Counsel Journal, Vol. 91, No. 2 (June 28, 2024) (Winner of IADC’s 2024 Project Award)