Cooper v. Smith & Nephew, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that expert opinion should be excluded where expert fails to consider alternative causes
• noting that the “proponent of the testimony” bears the burden of proving that it is reliable
• holding that “if an expert utterly fails to consider alternative causes or fails to offer an explanation for why the proffered alternative cause was not the sole cause, a district court is justified in excluding the expert's testimony.”
• noting that “a differential diagnosis that fails to take serious account of other potential causes may be so lacking that it cannot provide a reliable basis for an opinion on causation” (citation omitted)
• finding that an expert’s testimony was properly 16 excluded where the expert merely inferred that a medical product caused the plaintiffs’ injuries without providing data underlying his conclusions that supported such a causal link
• noting a court should only exclude expert testimony where the expert cannot provide a reasoned basis for his failure to consider additional evidence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

88 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Hendrix Ex Rel. Gp v. Evenflo Co., Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2010-06-22· cited 200×
• PBM PRODUCTS, LLC v. Mead Johnson & Co.
  Fourth Circuit· 2011-04-20· cited 191×
• Fleur Bresler v. Wilmington Trust Company
  Fourth Circuit· 2017-04-20· cited 190×
• Clausen v. M/V New Carissa
  Ninth Circuit· 2003-08-12· cited 190×
• Linda Messick v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp.
  Ninth Circuit· 2014-04-04· cited 138×
• King v. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Ry. Co.
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2009-02-27· cited 132×
• Quinton Brown v. Nucor Corporation
  Fourth Circuit· 2015-05-11· cited 131×
• United States Ex Rel. Ubl v. IIF Data Solutions
  Fourth Circuit· 2011-04-19· cited 130×
• Wagoner v. Exxon Mobil Corp.
  E.D. Louisiana· 2011-08-24· cited 105×
• EEOC v. Freeman
  D. Maryland· 2013-08-09· cited 102×
• Coastal Tankships, U.S.A., Inc. v. Anderson
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2002-08-08· cited 99×
• Shreve v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.
  D. Maryland· 2001-09-25· cited 84×
• Creanga v. Jardal
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2005-12-08· cited 83×
• Carlson v. Okerstrom
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2004-02-13· cited 68×
• In re C.R. Bard, Inc.
  S.D. West Virginia· 2013-06-04· cited 67×
• Huskey v. Ethicon, Inc.
  S.D. West Virginia· 2014-07-08· cited 60×
• Tyree v. Boston Scientific Corp.
  S.D. West Virginia· 2014-10-29· cited 56×
• Deutsch Ex Rel. Estate of Deutsch v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp.
  E.D. New York· 2011-03-08· cited 52×
• In re: GNC Corp. v.
  Fourth Circuit· 2015-06-19· cited 43×
• Scruggs v. Edwards
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 2007-02-13· cited 41×

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-28· cited 21,376×
• Kumho Tire Co. v. Carmichael
  Supreme Court· 1999-03-23· cited 8,651×
• General Electric Co. v. Joiner
  Supreme Court· 1997-12-15· cited 4,535×
• In Re Paoli Railroad Yard PCB Litigation
  Third Circuit· 1994-10-17· cited 1,409×
• Buckman Co. v. Plaintiffs' Legal Committee
  Supreme Court· 2001-02-21· cited 956×
• Westberry v. Gislaved Gummi AB
  Fourth Circuit· 1999-05-20· cited 585×
• Charles Kannankeril v. Terminix International, Inc.
  Third Circuit· 1997-12-12· cited 373×
• James Nelson, (Each and Every in This Class Action Suit) v. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company El Paso Tennessee Pipeline Company
  Sixth Circuit· 2001-03-09· cited 253×
• Oglesby v. General Motors Corp.
  Fourth Circuit· 1999-08-31· cited 192×
• In Re: Orthopedic Bone Screw Products Liability Litigation Legal Committee, at 98-1762 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, North American Spine Society, and Scoliosis Research Society (The Medical Associations), at 98-1829
  Third Circuit· 1999-10-07· cited 130×