Plaintiffs Must Furnish Expert Reports to Prove Baycol-Related Injuries

MINNEAPOLIS - Plaintiffs' attempt to seek relief from a court order requiring them to submit case-specific expert reports attesting that Baycol caused their injuries was rejected by a federal judge, who ruled that causation could not be established through the testimony of a lay person. In re: Baycol Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1431 (D. Minn.).

In his June 15 order, U.S. District Judge Michael J. Davis rejected the plaintiffs' argument that Baycol cases are analogous to vehicular accident and other personal injury cases where expert testimony is not necessary to prove causation where there is an obvious causal relationship …