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· 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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