Expert Testimony Deemed Unreliable in Propulsid Case

NEW ORLEANS - A federal judge awarded summary judgment to the manufacturer of Propulsid after ruling that the opinions of the plaintiff's expert witnesses regarding the drug's ability to cause injury did not meet the standards established under Daubert. Dorita Black, et al., v. Johnson & Johnson, et al., and only regarding Plaintiff, Ernestine Brock, No. 00-2497 (E.D. La.).

U.S. District Judge Eldon E. Fallon's April 29 decision stated that the testimony proffered by Dr. William Shell and Dr. Dwain Eckberg was unreliable because the doctors failed to support their theories that Propulsid caused plaintiff Ernestine Brock to suffer a …