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Civil Litigation

Jul. 3, 2001

Tough Standard

'Glastetter' demonstrates just how rigorous an analysis must be employed by federal judges evaluating causation issues in tort cases.

David E. Stanley

Reed Smith

355 S Grand Ave #2900
Los Angeles , CA 90071

Phone: (213) 457-8000

Email: dstanley@reedsmith.com

Pepperdine Law School

David J. de Jesus

Counsel, Reed Smith LLP

101 2nd St Ste 1800
San Francisco , CA 94105

Phone: (415) 543-8700

Fax: (415) 391-8269

Email: ddejesus@reedsmith.com

Loyola Law School; Los Angeles CA

David is in the firm's Appellate Group, resident in San Francisco office. He is certified as specialists in appellate law by the California State Bar Board of Legal Specialization.

        By David Stanley and David De Jesus
        
        When the U.S. Supreme Court issued Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc., 509 U.S. 579 (1993), the seminal federal case on the admissibility of scientific evidence, many commentators contended that more expert opinions would be admitted. The Daubert standard, the...

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