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Texas Supreme Court· 11/13/1997

Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Havner

Citations

  • 953 S.W.2d 706
  • 40 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 846
  • 1997 Tex. LEXIS 117
  • 1997 WL 378060

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  • holding that, if foundational data underlying opinion testimony are unreliable, experts will not be permitted to base opinions on that data.
  • holding that defendant is entitled to summary judgment if it conclusively establishes all elements of affirmative defense
  • holding that, if foundational data underlying opinion testimony are unreliable, experts will not be permitted to base opinions on that data.
  • holding that evidence of a causal link between the drug Bendectin and birth defects was insufficient
  • holding that more than a scintilla of evidence requires “reasonable and fair-minded people to differ in their conclusions.”
  • holding that evidence may be admissible under Daubert, but still legally insufficient to support a verdict

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Judges: Spector, Owen, Phillips, Gonzalez, Hecht, Cornyn, Enoch, Abbott, Baker

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