Judge:  Exclusion Of Expert Witness Dooms Injury Suit Against Chicken Restaurant

Mealey's (November 9, 2021, 11:45 AM EST) -- BENTON, Ill. — An Illinois federal magistrate judge on Oct. 29 found that an expert medical witness retained in a woman’s suit alleging that she was injured in a fried chicken restaurant’s bathroom did not meet the requirements set under Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc., granting the company’s motion to exclude and awarding summary judgment after ruling that without that testimony, the woman failed to establish her claims....