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· 9/8/2011

Anderson v. AKZO NOBEL COATINGS, INC.

Citations

  • 260 P.3d 857
  • 172 Wash. 2d 593

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • observing that “polygraph tests have been widely excluded . . . as unreliable”
  • applying de novo standard to review grant of motion in limine to strike experts and grant of summary judgment
  • rejecting the argument that a plaintiff had to prove acceptance of the “specific causal connection” between the “specific toxic organic solvents” and the “specific polymicrogyria birth defect”
  • “The Frye test is implicated only where the opinion offered is based upon novel science.”
  • \Expert medical testimony must meet the standard of reasonable medical certainty or reasonable medical probability.\
  • “Expert medical testimony must meet the standard of reasonable medical certainty or reasonable medical probability.”

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Judges: Chambers, Madsen, Johnson, Alexander, Owens, Fairhurst, Stephens, Sanders

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