Legal Opinion

Erickson v. Baxter Healthcare, Inc.

District Court, N.D. Illinois

Decided February 9, 2001No. 99 C 0426PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

BUCKLO, District Judge.

Walter Erickson was a hemophiliac who received intravenous transfusions of commercial blood factors manufactured by the defendants in this case. He died of AIDS and hepatitis in 1998. Ms. Erickson, his surviving spouse, claims that the factors were infected with hepatitis B and C and HIV. She brings a wrongful death and a survival action against the defendants. She moves to bar defendants experts from testifying about certain opinions on the ground that they are irrelevant, prejudicial, and do not meet the standards for expert testimony under…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
  2. Kumho Tire Co. v. CarmichaelSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
  3. Richard Walker v. Soo Line Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
  4. Ray G. Olander v. Bucyrus-Erie CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1999
  5. Dukes v. Illinois Central RailroadDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1996

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Richman v. SheahanDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2006
  2. Cloud v. Pfizer Inc.District Court, D. Arizona · 2001
  3. Erickson v. Baxter Healthcare, Inc.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 2001
  4. United States v. RodriguezDistrict Court, D. New Mexico · 2015
  5. Williams v. RobertsDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 2001

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