Legal Opinion

Johnny C. McClain v. Metabolife International, Inc

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided March 2, 2005No. 03-12776PublishedCited by 313 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROYAL, District Judge:

This is an appeal of a jury verdict in a products liability action against Metabolife International, Inc. At trial Plaintiffs claimed that they suffered serious medical problems after taking Metabolife 356, an herbal weight-loss supplement, manufactured, marketed, and sold by Metabolife. After hearing the evidence, a jury returned a verdict in Plaintiffs’ favor. Meta-bolife now appeals that verdict on the ground that the trial court erred in admitting the testimony of Plaintiffs’ experts on the issue of causation. For the reasons discussed below, we find that the trial…

2Cases cited19 opinions

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  4. Frye v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1923
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