Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

ELR Citation: ELR 20979
No(s). 92-102 (U.S. Jun 28, 1993)

The court holds that the Federal Rules of Evidence, and not the common-law "general acceptance" test, provide the standard for admitting expert scientific testimony in a federal trial. The petitioners, two children with serious birth defects and their parents, sued the respondent alleging that the b...