Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
509 U.S. 579 (1993) Cited 26,452 times 228 Legal AnalysesHolding that a trial judge must ensure that all admitted expert testimony "is not only relevant, but reliable"
Lauzon v. Senco Products, Inc.
270 F.3d 681 (8th Cir. 2001) Cited 623 timesHolding that under the relevancy prong of Daubert, the opinion offered by an expert is admissible where it is “sufficiently related to the facts of the case such that it will aid the jury in resolving the factual dispute”
Roberts v. Gen. Motors, LLC
No. 4:13-CV-541 CAS (E.D. Mo. Nov. 10, 2015) Cited 2 timesIn Roberts v. General Motors, LLC, No. 4:13-cv-541 CAS, 2015 WL 6955362 (E.D. Mo. Nov. 10, 2015), the court found the state government database that compiled information about crashes from police reports relied upon by Ms. Padmanaban was an inadequate foundation for the particular accident-data comparisons at issue because the database did not contain sufficient information to permit her to control for the relevant variables.
Section 1983 - Civil action for deprivation of rights
42 U.S.C. § 1983 Cited 490,313 times 695 Legal AnalysesHolding liable any state actor who "subjects, or causes [a person] to be subjected" to a constitutional violation
Rule 702 - Testimony by Expert Witnesses
Fed. R. Evid. 702 Cited 26,844 times 260 Legal AnalysesAdopting the Daubert standard