Legal Opinion
In Re Dow Corning Corp.
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided July 29, 1997No. 19-30472PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ON ESTIMATION, PANEL OF SCIENTIFIC EXPERTS AND COMMON ISSUES TRIAL
ARTHUR J. SPECTOR, Bankruptcy Judge.
I. Introduction
On February 15, 1996, Dow Corning Corporation (the “Debtor”) filed two motions. One was styled a “Motion ... to Estimate the Tort Claims and to Establish Estimation Hearing Procedures”. The other was a “Motion for the Appointment of an Independent Panel of Scientific Experts Under Federal Rule of Evidence 706.”
The Official Committee of Tort Claimants (“TCC”) filed a motion of its own on March 5, 1996. This motion seeks judicial approval of a tort-claims estimation…
2Cases cited77 opinions
- Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Amchem Products, Inc. v. WindsorSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Milissa Garside v. Osco Drug, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
- Dianne Castano v. The American Tobacco CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
- In Re American Medical Systems, Inc. Pfizer, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1996
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3Cited by25 opinions
- In Re: Sgl Carbon Corporation, Debtor Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, at No. 99-5319 v. Nucor Corporation Nucor-Yamato Steel Company, at No. 99-5382Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1999
- Liggett Group, Inc. v. EngleDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2003
- In Re Dow Corning Corp.District Court, E.D. Michigan · 2000
- In re Baycol Products LitigationDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 2003
- Simon v. Philip Morris Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 2001
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