Mass. Appeals Court Reaffirms Standard on Admissibility

BOSTON - A Massachusetts appellate court ruling in a multiple chemical sensitivity case affirmed an administrative law judge's decision to discount an uncontroverted medical diagnosis if other evidence requires it, while reaffirming that in weighing admissibility the courts do not rule on the validity or invalidity of a diagnosis or scientific theory. Wolovick's Case, No. 06-P-1591 (Mass. Ct. App.).

In a July ruling in a workers' compensation case, the Court of Appeals affirmed a holding of the Massachusetts Industrial Accident Reviewing Board that the administrative law judge considering evidence of workplace exposure had sufficient evidence in the record to reject …