Court Excludes Report of Expert Who Hyped Ephedra Stroke Details

NEW YORK - An expert who exaggerated the details surrounding a plaintiff's ingestion of an ephedra-containing dietary supplement that allegedly led to his stroke cannot testify on matters related to the supplement's side effects, a federal judge has ruled. Singh, et al. v. Herbalife Int'l Communications Inc., et al., No. 06-014 (S.D. N.Y.).

U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the Southern District of New York said July 13 that Dr. Lawrence W. Shields cannot provide specific testimony about the ephedra dose ingested by plaintiff Harbir Singh or whether he actually took a supplement containing ephedra the day he suffered …