Ake v. General Motors Corp.

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• finding that although an expert may testify at trial, his report itself is inadmissible
• collecting cases from the First, Fourth, and Sixth Circuits upholding this interpretation of Rule 407
• bifurcation not warranted where “[s]ome evidence, such as that relating to the fire, would be relevant to both liability (to show the cause of death) and damages for conscious pain and suffering”
• “Bifurcation here is not warranted. Some evidence, such as that relating to the fire, would be relevant to both liability (to show the cause of death) and damages for conscious pain and suffering.”

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