Environmental
Aug. 14, 1999
Superfund Junk
^^Environmental Law^^ Superfund Junk Two CERCLA Plaintiffs Flunk Daubert Test These decisions demonstrate that CERCLA lawyers using experts will have to contend with 'Daubert.'
By William D. Wick
Superfund plaintiffs were found guilty of using "junk science" in two recent cases. By flunking the Daubert test for admissibility of expert scientific opinions, they lost their cost-recovery cases. Kalamazoo River Study Group v. Rockwell Int'l Corp., 171 F.3d 1065 (6th Cir. 1999); Freeport-Mc...
Superfund plaintiffs were found guilty of using "junk science" in two recent cases. By flunking the Daubert test for admissibility of expert scientific opinions, they lost their cost-recovery cases. Kalamazoo River Study Group v. Rockwell Int'l Corp., 171 F.3d 1065 (6th Cir. 1999); Freeport-Mc...
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