Legal Opinion
Arias v. Dyncorp
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided February 19, 2013No. Civil Action No. 2001-1908PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
RICHARD W. ROBERTS, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, approximately 2,000 Ecuadorian citizens and domieiliaries, bring common law negligence and other tort claims against the DynCorp defendants, alleging acute and chronic personal injuries caused by the defendants spraying herbicides over the plaintiffs’ lands in Ecuador. 1 The defendants have filed a motion under Federal Rule of Evidence 702 to exclude the testimony of the plaintiffs’ proffered expert witness, Dr. Michael A. Wolfson. Because the plaintiffs failed to establish the reliability of Dr. Wolfson’s expert opinions…
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