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Marshall Dennehey

District Court of Appeals Tell Plaintiffs They ‘Can’t Have Their Cake and Eat It Too’

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Key Points: In Mickler v. Triplett, 397 So.3d 188 (Fla. 5th DCA Nov. 15, 2024), the Court of Appeal thwarted a new strategy from the plaintiffs’ bar to remove the causation question from the hands of the jury....more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Guijarro v. Enterprise: The Fifth Circuit Analyzes Multiple Issues Pertinent to Product-Liability Cases

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The Fifth Circuit’s recent decision in Guijarro v. Enterprise Holdings, Inc., No. 21-40512, 2022 WL 2433778 (5th Cir. July 5, 2022), provides solid foundational arguments on issues pertinent in most product-liability cases....more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Eleventh Circuit Refuses to Credit Expert’s Guess on Causation

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has issued an important decision on expert testimony, Hughes v. Kia Motors. Patricia Hughes filed a wrongful death action against Kia Motors after her daughter,...more

Carlton Fields

Causation Experts Properly Excluded Where The “Leap From Data To Opinion Was Too Great”

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In Hughes v. Kia Motors Corp., No. 13-10922, the Eleventh Circuit recently affirmed the district court’s exclusion of the plaintiff’s expert witness in a motor vehicle product liability case. Allene Hughes, the plaintiff’s...more

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