Civil Litigation,
California Supreme Court
Jul. 18, 2014
What Duran really said about statistical samples
On a close reading, the decision turns out to be not especially path-breaking, neither really curbing nor expanding the use of statistical evidence.
Steven S. Kimball
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Steven is a lawyer in Sacramento
When the state Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in Duran v. U.S. Bank, 59 Cal. 4th 1 (2014), earlier this year, for most of the legal community, the takeaway was that the court had significantly limited the use of statistical sampling evidence in class action cases. On a close reading, however, Duran turns out to be not especially path-breaking, neither really curbing nor expanding the use of statistical evidence.
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