Margo Lynch, Ppa Dennis Lynch, Dennis Lynch and Margaret Lynch v. Merrell-National Laboratories, Division of Richardson-Merrell, Inc.

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• asserting that a new study coming to a different conclusion and challenging the consensus would be admissible
• asserting that in vivo and in vitro animal studies singly or in combination do not have the capability of proving causation in human beings in the absence of any confirming epidemiological data
• asserting that in vivo and in vitro animal studies singly or in combination do not have the capability of proving causation in human beings in the absence of any confirming epidemiological data
• each expressing doubt over testimony not grounded in peer-reviewed literature but not excluding it on that ground
• each expressing doubt over testimony not grounded in peer-reviewed literature but not excluding it on that ground
• plaintiffs expert testimony based on extrapolation was not generally accepted because the cause and effect relationship offered in the opinion was the subject of extensive studies and no study showed a cause and effect relationship

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