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· 6/11/2007

In Re Zyprexa Products Liability Litigation

Citations

  • 489 F. Supp. 2d 230

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that an expert is “permitted wide latitude to offer opinions,” so long as they rely upon expert knowledge and experience
  • noting that “the assumption the court starts with is that a well qualified expert’s testimony is admissible”
  • noting that an expert is “permitted wide latitude to offer opinions,” so long as they rely upon expert knowledge and experience
  • finding that “[subjective methodology, as well as testimony that is insufficiently connected to the facts of the case,” can serve as “grounds for rejection of expert testimony”
  • noting that in certain circumstances, an expert witness may serve as a fact witness, subject to the requirements of Rule 701, Fed. R. Evid.
  • including over 1500 pages of relevant depositions demonstrating doctors’ awareness of Zyprexa’s association with patient weight gain

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Judges: Weinstein

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