Court Oversees Daubert Hearings as Questions of General Causation Arise

BOSTON -- A Massachusetts federal court recently presided over admissibility hearings in a benzene case, addressing challenges to plaintiff experts who opined that there is scientifically valid evidence linking APL to benzene exposure. Milward, et al. v. Acuity Specialty Products, et al., No. 07-11944 (D. Mass.).

According to the online docket for the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, Daubert hearings were held from April 21 to April 24 to evaluate the admissibility of testimony from plaintiff expert Dr. Martyn Smith; plaintiff expert Dr. Carl Cranor; defense expert David Garbrand; defense witness John Bennett; and defense expert David …