Tracey Murphy v. D'Ann Mayfield

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• holding “the district court could reasonably conclude that the long-term carcinogenic effects of benzene exposure lie outside the ken of common experience, requiring expert testimony”
• explaining that a plaintiff ordinarily must present expert testimony regarding the harmful level of exposure to a chemical and evidence quantifying the plaintiff’s exposure to such chemical
• lack of expert testimony on complex issue of causation of disease required grant of summary judgment
• “The district court's exclusion of expert testimony is governed by federal law.” (citing Sims v. Great Am. Life Ins., 469 F.3d 870, 879 (10th Cir. 2006))
• “An expert need not consider and rule out every conceivable cause.”
• reviewing order granting summary judgment de novo

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