Russ v. Union Oil Co.
Citations
- 113 La. 196
- 36 So. 937
- 1904 La. LEXIS 636
Syllabus
<p>COMPROMISE — VALIDITY—COLLATERAL ATTACK.</p> <p>1. There is no rule of law, -morals, or ethids which denies to the ordinary citizen the right to compromise, with the person asserting it, a claim against him for' damages; „por is that right defeated by any previous employrdent of counsel to prosecute such claim; and, when the compromise is effected, it has the force of the thing adjudged, and cannot be attacked collaterally, or for error of law or lesion, in a direct action. Where, however, the collateral attack has- been made and met, and no good purpose would be subserved by relegating the parties to further litigation, the. questions of the validity and effect of the compromise will be decided on their merits.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>
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- \An expert 'may not simply repeat or adopt the findings of another expert without attempting to assess the validity of the opinions relied upon.' \
- \An expert 'may not simply repeat or adopt the findings of another expert without attempting to assess the validity of the opinions relied upon.' \
- “Without location information, Dr. Gordon’s findings are supported merely by his personal assurances he found asbestos fibers somewhere in the thousands of grid openings. This is exactly the sort of chicanery and ipse dixit the Court must exclude.”
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Judges: Land, Monroe
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