Christophersen v. Allied-Signal Corp.

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1991-08-15

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PER CURIAM: The issue presented by this appeal is how a court should determine the admissibility of expert opinion testimony. At the summary judgment stage of this ease, plaintiff attempted to establish medical causation of a toxic tort through the testimony of a single expert witness. The district court held that the basis of the expert’s opinion was insufficiently reliable and, in the alternative, that the expert’s testi…

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