Judge Nixes Deepwater Horizon Case, Says Causation Expert Fails Daubert Standard

(June 21, 2023, 12:58 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge in Louisiana has dismissed with prejudice a case brought by a man who contended that he was injured during cleanup operations following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, ruling that his causation expert failed to meet the standard for admissibility under Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and, therefore, the case lacked expert medical causation evidence....