USE OF SCIENTIFIC AND MEDICAL INFORMATION BY THE COURTS:
DAUBERT AND EI/MCS CASES

CITATION

DESCRIPTION

 

Bahura v. S.E.W., unpublished decision, District of Columbia Superior Court 90 CA 10594 (29 November 1995).

 

IEI/ MCS, Indoor Air, EPA building

Bradley v. Brown, 852 F.Supp. 690 (N.D.Ind. 1994), affirmed 42 F.3d 434 (1994)

 

IEI/MCS, pesticide exposure at place of employment Drs. Rea and Johnson, causation

Bready v. Four Star Oil & Gas Co., Circuit Court Montgomery County MD 77747,Rockville, MD (14 April 1995).

 

IEI/MCS, Dr. Ziem excluded
Carlin v. RFE Industries, Inc., 1995 WL 760739 (N.D.N.Y.)

IEI/MCS, employment exposure

 

Cartwright v. Home Depot, Inc., et al. 1996 WL 494529 (M.D. Fla.) latex paint exposure, RADS from low-level long-term exposure, Roy T. McKay and Stuart M. Brooks
Cavallo v. Star Enterprise, 892 F.Supp. 756 (E.D.Va. 1995)

IEI/MCS, RADS, RUDS, jet fuel exposure from spill at petroleum terminal

 

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.

 

IEI/MCS, VOC's, pesticides
Heller v. Shaw Industries Inc., PICS NO. 99-0164, 3rd Ct., February 1999 Refinement of the standards for admitting expert testimony in toxic tort cases, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Chester County,

Pa. - IEI/MCS and new carpet

 

Hottinger v. Trugreen Corp.

NO. 18c01-9109-ct-15. Delaware Circuit Court, Indiana. March 1999.

After a Daubert ruling excluding testimony on MCS was overturned the case went to a jury trial. Verdict for the defense. Defense relied heavily on the 1/99 AAAAI position and testimony of Helen Mayberg re: constraints on the use of SPECT scans in determining causation.

 

Hundley v. Norfolk and Western Railway Co., unpublished opinion, US District Court

Illinois 91-C-6127 (30 March 1995).

 

Memorandum and Motion to bar testimony of Dr. William Rea (as well as Dr. Johnson), herbicide exposure, IEI/MCS

KECK v. NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES. 94-CV-1428 U.S. DIST. N. D. NEW YORK 1998. (U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9778) June 24, 1998

 

IEI/MCS, ADA, perfume
McCauley v. Winegarden, US Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, Georgia 2933 (4 August 1995).

IEI/MCS, ADA accommodations, provisions for a filtered environment ("chemical free or safe environment")

 

MILLER-JACKSON, et al. v. THE MEAD CORPORATION, et al. (No. 97-1891 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 3219, February 27, 1998, Decided.)

 

IEI/MCS, carbonless copy paper
Nethery v. Servicemaster Co., Circuit Court Mississippi 92-167(G) (L) (15 February 1996).

IEI/MCS, motion to limit testimony of Dr. Glasgow and exclude testimony regarding MCS and of Dr. Lieberman

 

Patrick v. Southern Company Services, 910 F.Supp. 566, US District Court, N.D.Alabama, 9 January 1996

 

IEI/MCS, ADA, determination of "disabled"

Sanderson v. International Flavors and Fragrances, Inc., unpublished decision, USDC Ca.CV-95-3387-SVW (VAPx) (10 July 1996).

 

IEI/MCS, exposure to various perfumes and fragrances, causation issue

Summers v. Missouri Pacific Railroad System, 1995 WL 519206 (E.D.Okla.)

 

IEI/MCS, exposure to diesel exhaust, exclusion of testimony of Dr. Johnson
Toepp v. Shaw Industries, Inc., unpublished decision, D. Mont. CV 94-22-BLG-JDS (30April 1996).

four separate decisions: Immune Panel Tests, SPECT (ruled admissible), MCS,Anderson Toxic Carpet Test

 

Valentine v. Pioneer, 921 F.Supp. 666 (USDC D. Nevada 1996)

chemical exposure, exposure to chlorine vapor from ruptured pipe, encephalopathy, polyneuropathy, organic depression, Drs. Gunnar Heuser and Kaye Kilburn, issue of the real meaning of peer-review for scientific literature

 


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