COURT DECISIONS: COFFIN v. ORKIN EXTERMINATING CO., INC., Civ. No. 97-258-B UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MAINE, 1998 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11411, July 21, 1998. CORE TERMS: scientific, pesticide, chemical, exposure, hypersensitivity, compounds, organic, spraying, volatile, clinical, reliable, sensitivity, methodology, etiology, symptoms, summary judgment, diagnosis, scientifically, ecology, permanent, reversible, office building, tested, expert testimony, assist, speculative, exposed, sinus, contracted, irreversible Description provided in the opening statement of the Judge's Opinion: "Plaintiff, Marion Coffin, filed this suit alleging negligence and strict liability claims arising out of the application of various pesticides in Plaintiff's office building by Defendant, Orkin Exterminating Co., Inc. Before the Court are Defendant's Motion in Limine to Exclude Evidence of "Multiple Chemical Sensitivity" or "Hypersensitivity to VOC's" and Motion for Summary Judgment." COFFIN v. ORKIN EXTERMINATING CO., INC. Citations: American Medical Association's (AMA)position paper on clinical ecology. Bradley v. Brown, 852 F. Supp. 690, 700 (N.D. Ind. 1994), aff'd, 42 F.3d 434 (7th Cir. 1994). Carlin v. RFE Indus., Inc., 1995 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 19035, No. 88- CV-842, 1995 WL 760739, at *4 (N.D.N.Y Nov. 27, 1995) Cavallo v. Star Enter., 892 F. Supp. 756, 768 (E.D. Va. 1995), aff'd in part and rev'd in part on other grounds, 100 F.3d 1150 (4th Cir. 1996), cert. denied, U.S., 118 S. Ct. 684, 139 L. Ed. 2d 631 (1998) Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 509 U.S. 579, 592-93, 125 L. Ed. 2d 469, 113 S. Ct. 2786 (1993). Federal Judicial Center, Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence 73 (1994). Foster, K.R., and Huber, P.W. Judging Science: Scientific Knowledge and the Federal Courts 59 (1997). Frank v. State of New York, 972 F. Supp. 130, 132 n.2 (N.D.N.Y. 1997). General Elec. Co. v. Joiner, U.S.,118 S. Ct. 512, 521-23, 139 L. Ed. 2d 508 (1997). Moore v. Ashland Chem., Inc., 126 F.3d 679 (5th Cir. 1997). Sanderson v. Int'l Flavors and Fragrances, Inc., 950 F. Supp. 981, 1002 (C.D. Cal. 1996). Summers v. Missouri Pac. R.R. Sys., 897 F. Supp. 533, 542 (E.D. Okl. 1995), aff'd, 132 F.3d 599 (10th Cir. 1997). Treadwell v. Dow-United Technologies, Inc., 970 F. Supp. 974, 982 (M.D. Ala. 1997). Weiss, B. "Experimental Strategies for Research on Multiple Chemical Sensitivity." Environmental Health Perspectives 105 (1997): 487. BACK TO THE TOP