Magistrate: Opinions Must Be Directly Related To Claims To Meet Relevance Standard

(December 19, 2023, 1:41 PM EST) -- DENVER — A federal magistrate judge in Colorado on Dec. 18 excluded certain opinions of experts retained by a freelance journalist who says he was injured when police officers fired pepper-filled projectiles during a protest, finding that opinions that aren’t directly connected to his claims are irrelevant under Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc....