Judge Excludes Testimony of Plaintiffs' Expert in Trasylol MDL

MIAMI - In the Trasylol multidistrict litigation, a Florida federal judge has excluded the testimony of plaintiffs' expert, Dr. Suzanne Parisian, ruling that she lacks the requisite expertise and her opinions are unreliable. In re Trasylol Products Liability Litigation, No. 08-01928 (S.D. Fla.).

On April 27, Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida further ruled that most of Parisian's testimony "will not assist the trier of fact to understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue."

Plaintiffs proffered Parisian as an expert on Food and Drug Administration regulations, procedures, and …