5 results for “General Electric”
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Daubert Standard
…follow the older Frye standard. Origin The standard comes from the 1993 U.S. Supreme Court decision Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, later refined by General Electric Co. v. Joiner (1997) and Kumho Tire Co. v…
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Frye Standard
…United States, a 1923 federal appeals court decision that rejected an early lie-detector test because it hadn't gained general scientific acceptance. Frye governed expert evidence in federal courts for decades until the 1993 Daubert…
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Product Identification
…In an asbestos case, a patient generally has to connect their illness to particular products by particular defendants, not just to asbestos in general. This proof can come from the patient's own memory, coworker testimony…
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Attorney-Client Privilege
…Many historical asbestos documents involve company counsel: for example, the correspondence of Johns-Manville general counsel Vandiver Brown and Raybestos-Manhattan's Sumner Simpson. Courts deciding whether such documents are privileged look at their purpose and…
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Rule 702
…Expert Witness, Specific Causation, General Causation, Gatekeeper Function Notes Ask your attorney early which experts they plan to retain and whether those experts have survived Rule 702 challenges in other asbestos cases. A track record matters…