Comisionado De Seguros De Puerto Rico v. Mapfre Praico Assurance Company

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• holding that the district “court did not abuse its discretion” when excluding declarations “because they were untimely” and not “otherwise admissible”
• concluding that chemist, who had expertise in cancer immunology and medical toxicology, had no “special training or knowledge regarding metal working industries” and could not opine that power plant’s activities created dioxins
• concluding that chem‐ ist, who had expertise in cancer immunology and medical tox‐ icology, had no “special training or knowledge regarding metal working industries” and could not opine that power plant’s activities created dioxins
• reasoning that lack of specialization may go to weight only as long as an expert 18 stays within the reasonable confines of his subject area.”
• finding that plaintiff’s expert on causation was unqualified because even though he had a degree in chemistry, he had no training or knowledge of metal working and lacked expertise as to the questions before the trier of fact
• finding that plaintiff’s expert on causation was unqualified because even though he had a degree in chemistry, he had no training or knowledge of metal working and lacked expertise as to the questions before the trier of fact

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