Magistrate:  Google Search Does Not Establish Reliable Cancer Causation Opinion

Mealey's (January 19, 2022, 11:01 AM EST) -- PEORIA, Ill. — A causation expert who began his research into whether a woman’s colorectal cancer was caused by workplace exposure to asbestos and other toxins with a Google search does not meet the reliability standards required under Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc., an Illinois federal magistrate judge ruled Jan. 14, granting the railway company’s motion to exclude and awarding it summary judgment....

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