Topic
Causation
438 published works
Drug & Device Law
If The Study Doesn’t Fit, You Must Exclude It
Some courtroom lines never die. More than thirty years later, everybody still knows the glove, the struggle to pull it on, and the rhyme that went with it -- “If…
Faeger Drinker on Products
One and Done: Rule 702 Ruling on General Causation Ends Hundreds of Cases in Baby Food MDL
By Isabel Bowen, Eric M. Friedman
A Rule 702 order on general causation resulted in summary judgment in more than 250 cases in the In re Baby Food MDL. Here’s how it happened and why the…
Drug & Device Law
Hawai’i High Court Makes A Bunch Of Blunders In Setting Causation Standard
This is actually the second time we have written on a decision from a case involving banana plantations. The first involved violence against Colombian banana plantation workers by the paramilitary/terrorist…
Drug & Device Law
Nevada Court Exorcises Three Expert Reports
Johnny Cash sang about ghost riders in the sky. In a federal courtroom in Las Vegas earlier this month, we got the litigation version: ghost writers in the sky —…
Bill Madden's Blog
Medical: Fasciotomy surgery – Injury and mental harm claims.
By Bill Madden
Zvicer v Hunter New England Local Health District [2026] NSWSC 1241 (Link to Caselaw). The plaintiffs’ claims in this matter (for personal injury and mental harm) were ultimately dismissed, as…
Tortini
Acetaminophen – Bradford Hill Confounded Part 06
“The credulous man is father to the liar and the cheat… .”[1] On the appeal from the MDL court’s exclusion of plaintiffs’ expert witnesses’ causation opinions, Judge Calebresi’s acknowledged both…
De Rebus - SA Attorneys' Journal
Murder: Does negligent medical care act as a novus actus interveniens?
By De Rebus
Picture source: Getty/iStock Brandon Sanderson once stated that ‘[e]ven small actions have consequences, and while we can often choose our actions, we rarely get to choose our consequences’ (forthejoyofbooks.com,…
9/11 Victim Blog
70+ Cancers Are Known as 9/11-Related. Proving You Were There Is the Hard Part.
By Turley Hansen & Rosasco, LLP
After a cancer diagnosis, someone who worked, lived, attended school, or responded in an area affected by September 11 may wonder: How can I prove that something I was exposed…
Tortini
Acetaminophen Part 5 – 2d Circuit 2d Guesses MDL Trial Judge
On July 13, 2026, in an opinion by Senior Judge Guido Calebresi, the Second Circuit delivered its opinion. Given Judge Calebresi’s confusion at oral argument, between causation and association, and…
SDNY Blog
Judge Ramos: Speculative Causal Chain Dooms Suit Seeking To Hold Equestrian Governing Body Responsible For Shooting
In an opinion yesterday, Judge Ramos dismissed a suit brought by a well-known dressage coach, Michael Barisone, against the United States Equestrian Federation based on the events that led Barisone…