Texas Court Affirms Decision to Bar Plaintiffs' Medical Expert

BEAUMONT, Texas - A Texas appellate panel has affirmed the decision by a trial court to exclude testimony by Dr. Andrew Campbell as unreliable under the state's admissibility rules. Gaudette, et al. v. Conn Appliances Inc., No. 09-06-444-CV (Texas 9th Dist. Ct. App.).

Texas' 9th District Court of Appeals said in its Sept. 6 opinion that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in weighing admissibility factors under E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. v. Robinson (923 S.W.2d 549) and, contrary to the assertion made by plaintiffs, did not give too much weight to whether Campbell's views on …