Legal Opinion
Easter v. Aventis Pasteur, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Texas
Decided February 14, 2005No. 1:03-cr-00141PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
WARD, District Judge.
1. Introduction.
The court grants the defendants’ motion to preclude the proposed testimony of the plaintiffs’ expert witnesses pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 401, 702, 703, and Daubert insofar as the motion seeks to preclude Dr. Jeffrey Bradstreet’s proposed testimony concerning specific causation.
2. Factual Background and Procedural Posture.
In this case, the plaintiffs allege that the thimerosal contained in the pediatric vaccines administered to Jordan Easter caused Jordan to suffer neurological injuries. Thimerosal was developed by Eli Lilly in…
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