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· 12/30/1999

Donnelly v. Ford Motor Co.

Citations

  • 80 F. Supp. 2d 45
  • 1999 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 20255
  • 1999 WL 1288525

How courts have described this case

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

  • excluding an expert’s opinion not based on data, statistics, surveys or comparison studies
  • granting defendants’ motion for summary judgment based upon exclusion of plaintiffs expert on causation
  • “Without some explanation of . . . the reasoning [the expert] employed, his conclusion is simply inadmissible ipse dixit.”
  • expert's opinion unreliable because nothing in the report explained his reasoning or methodology by which he reached his conclusions, and he did not identify any specific technique or method that he used, or cite any industry standards, surveys, or studies relied upon

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Judges: Pohorelsky

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