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· 12/19/2001

Colon Ex Rel. Molina v. Bic USA, Inc.

Citations

  • 199 F. Supp. 2d 53
  • 2001 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 21037
  • 2001 WL 1631402

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that design defect strict liability and negligence claims are “virtually identical”
  • “testing is not an ‘absolute prerequisite’ for an expert’s theory of causation . . . in a design defect case”
  • testing is “almost always” required “if the expert cannot point to an existing design in the marketplace”
  • that theory has been put to some non-judicial use insufficient to satisfy Rule 702

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Judges: Scheindlin

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