Watts v. Radiator Specialty Co.

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• affirming the trial court’s exclusion of an expert witness’s testimony on general and specific causation that benzene causes non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and that a liquid solvent containing benzene caused the plaintiff’s non-Hodgkin's lymphoma as being scientifically unreliable
• “[t]his rule makes it necessary for a trial court to apply a two-pronged inquiry when evaluating the admissibility of expert testimony: (1) is the witness qualified, and (2) is the testimony relevant and reliable?”
• “[t]his rule makes it necessary for a trial court to apply a two- pronged inquiry when evaluating the admissibility of expert testimony: (1) is the witness qualified, and (2) is the testimony relevant and reliable?”
• “expert’s qualification and reliability of testimony are separate questions”

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