Trial Transcripts Presler v. Lincoln Electric - Expert Witness Testimony (Part One)

The following are excerpts from both plaintiff and defense expert testimony in Presler v. Lincoln Electric, which ended in a hung jury in February. Jury selection recently began in the retrial of the claims. See story in this issue.

Plaintiff's expert witness, Elan Louis, M.D., of the Neurological Institute of New York at Columbia University

For the plaintiff, Mikal Watts of the Watts Law Firm in Corpus Christi: Now, is one of the things you're going to talk about today the epidemiology of Parkinson's disease?

Elan Louis, M.D.: I will talk about that, yes.

Q. Parkinson's disease versus Parkinsonism and …