Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
509 U.S. 579 (1993) Cited 26,294 times 225 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 622 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 486,959 times 689 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 26,670 times 255 Legal AnalysesAdopting the Daubert standard