7th Circuit Finds Causation Evidence Unreliable in Remicade Action

CHICAGO - The existence of a temporal relationship between taking a medication and the onset of symptoms does not show a sufficient causal relationship, the 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled in affirming summary judgment for defendants in a Remicade suit. Ervin v. Johnson & Johnson Inc., et al., No. 06-2820 (7th Cir.).

On July 9, the 7th Circuit said that the trial court properly applied Daubert and didn't abuse its discretion by barring as unreliable the testimony of plaintiff Mickey Ervin's only causation expert (Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharms., Inc., 509 U.S. 579, 113 S. Ct. 2786, …