Worker's Comp. Appellate Commission Affirms Denial of Wrongful Death Claim

LANSING, Mich. - A worker's compensation appellate commission affirmed the denial of a woman's wrongful death claim, finding that the Board of Magistrates correctly concluded that an expert's testimony on causation did not meet the reliability requirements under Daubert. Barbara Dunn v. BioPort Corp., et al. No. 03-0014 (Mich. Workers Comp. App. Comm.).

The Michigan Worker's Compensation Appellate Commission's Dec. 22, 2003, opinion upheld the magistrate's decision not to consider the substance of the plaintiff's expert's opinion since no published articles supported his theory that the AVA anthrax vaccine could cause a rare blood vessel disorder known as polyarteritis nodosa, …