Antitrust Class Put On Hold Pending Daubert Vetting Of Expert Testimony

Mealey's (March 4, 2019, 12:39 PM EST) -- PITTSBURGH — A motion to certify a class of insurance purchasers in an antitrust action against an insurer cannot be decided until a Daubert hearing can be held — with a technical adviser participating — to decide the worthiness of expert testimony on classwide proof of injury, a Pennsylvania federal judge held March 1 (Cole’s Wexford Hotel, Inc. v. Highmark Inc., No. 10-1609, W.D. Pa., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 32573)....