Acetaminophen – No Cure for Bad Jurisprudence – Part 1

INTRODUCTION Two weeks ago, the Second Circuit reversed the summary judgment entered by Judge Denise Cote, in the acetaminophen autism litigation. Judge Cote had excluded the plaintiffs’ expert witnesses on causation, under Rule 702, in a lengthy, careful opinion that found numerous deviations from the standard of scientific care by the challenged witnesses.[1] Rule 702 […]