Couple Seeks Cert For 4th Circuit’s De Novo Daubert Review, Findings

(June 2, 2017, 12:25 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A couple whose $3 million award against Ford Motor Co. for design defect was overturned by the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals based on its exclusion of expert testimony asked the U.S. Supreme Court on May 2 to grant review of the case to resolve a circuit court split about the proper application of Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Howard E. Nease, et ux. v. Ford Motor Company, No. 16-1333, U.S. Sup., 2017 U.S. S. Ct. Briefs LEXIS 1562)....