Doe v. Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that Dr. Geier’s use of VAERS reports was not reliable
• defining general causation as being “established by demonstrating that exposure to a substance can cause a particular disease” and specific causation as being “established by demonstrating that a given exposure is the cause of a particular individual’s disease.”
• excluding testimony of physician specializing in obstetrical genetics as unqualified to render opinion as to whether vaccines cause autism, in light of lack of published research on specific question, as well as lack of board certification in more relevant specialties
• “[A] literature review can be an appropriate part of a method of determining general causation.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).