CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT TO EXAMINE RULES FOR ADMITTING SCIENTIFIC EXPERT TESTIMONY

Horvitz & Levy LLP represents ExxonMobil and Unocal in the Lockheed Litigation Cases, California Supreme Court Case no. S132167, the latest in a series of mass toxic tort appeals arising from injuries allegedly suffered by some 640 plaintiffs following exposure to a variety of organic solvents. This case will present the Supreme Court with the opportunity to construe the scope of a trial judge’s discretion under California law to exclude expert testimony that lacks a reliable foundation, an important issue in light of the ever-increasing use and complexity of expert testimony in the California courts.

For your information, click here to read a summary of the issues presented in this important case pending before the Supreme Court. And, if you would like even more information about the issues in the case, click here to read our recently filed supreme court brief on the merits.

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