· 9/12/2001
Caraker v. Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Corp.
Citations
- 172 F. Supp. 2d 1046
- 2001 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18431
- 2001 WL 1474326
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “Justifying a conclusion after the fact by applying a methodology does not generally lead to reliable scientific knowledge.”
- rejecting plaintiffs experts’ “guilt by association” ergot theory as scientifically unreliable
- AERs may provide a valid foundation for a causation opinion if there is a temporal proximity between a specific drug and a specific adverse reaction.
- ergot family guilt by association theory too great a leap to be reliable
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Judges: Gilbert
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