Jones Act Doesn’t Lower Expert Admission Standard, 5th Circuit Says

Mealey's (November 6, 2019, 2:21 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — The lower causation standard in a Jones Act case does not lower the standard for expert testimony admission, and having properly excluded the two experts a federal judge in Louisiana properly granted judgment, a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel held Nov. 5 (Robert Schindler v. Dravo Basic Materials Co. Inc., No. 19-30126, 5th Cir.)....