Legal Opinion
Linda Messick v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 4, 2014No. 13-15433PublishedCited by 130 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GOULD, Circuit Judge:
We consider when a district court should exclude expert testimony at trial. Linda Messick contends that the district court erred by excluding the causation testimony offered by her expert, Dr. Richard Jackson, when it found the testimony to be irrelevant and unreliable. Examining, the district court’s exclusion of expert testimony for an abuse of discretion, we conclude that Dr. Jackson’s testimony was improperly excluded, and we reverse and remand.
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In August 2000, Linda Messick was diagnosed with breast cancer. In response to her development of osteoporosis after…
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