97 F. Supp. 2d 780 - Castellow v. CHEVRON USA’s Empirical Analysis
2000
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5 state decisions
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 636
Relies on Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · Kumho Tire Company, Ltd., et al. v. Patrick Carmichael, Etc., et al. · Brown v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority · Moore · Mitchell v. Gencorp Inc.
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“It is accepted that, in evaluating a purported causal link between a chemical agent and a particular disease, epidemiological studies are the most informative. See Allen, 102 F.3d at 196. One set of criteria, widely used by epidemiologists in the study of disease mechanisms, is the one detailed by Sir Austin Bradford-Hill in 1965. Richard D. Irons, Ph.D., a toxicologist with an extensive background in hematology, was designated by Defendants as an expert witness in this case. In submissions before this court, Dr. Irons stated, without contradiction, that scientists generally rely on the Bradford-Hill factors to ascertain valid opinions on medical causation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“devised to support a causation opinion without reliable bases to do so.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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