Legal Opinion
Higgins v. Koch Development Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 20, 2015No. 14-2207PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
After the district court disqualified Kent Higgins’s causation expert — enlisted to prove that Higgins developed asthma and reactive airways dysfunction syndrome as a consequence of inhaling chlorine gas at an amusement park — he argued that he did not need an expert to prove negligence at all. Alternatively, Higgins argued that his treating physician could serve as such an expert. The district court disagreed, considering the causation issue too complex for an unassisted jury, and deeming Higgins’s treating physician’s qualifications and methodology too uncertain to…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Gayton v. McCoyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2010
- James R. O'COnner v. Commonwealth Edison Company and London Nuclear Services, Inc., and United States of America, Intervenor-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
- Myers v. Illinois Central RailroadCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2010
- United States v. Larry D. HallCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1999
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