Judge Nixes Deepwater Horizon Case For Expert’s Failure To Meet Daubert Standard

(September 26, 2023, 12:14 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge in Louisiana has dismissed a lawsuit for injuries allegedly caused by exposure to toxins related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, ruling that the plaintiff’s general causation expert has been rejected repeatedly by other courts under the standard set in Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and a second expert proffered by the plaintiff is not a medical doctor....