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Personal Injury & Torts

Oct. 2, 1999

Harbor Junk

Harbor Junk Evidence in Longshore Cases Not Subject to 'Daubert' By Roy D. Axelrod Daubert v. Merrill Dow Pharmaceuticals , 113 S.Ct. 2786 (1993), affects the use and admissibility of expert medical and scientific opinion in workers' compensation cases under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. Section 901 et seq. But the U.S. Department of Labor Benefits Review Board has not taken the opportunity to use Daubert to re-establish the reliability of expert medical

        By Roy D. Axelrod
        
        Daubert v. Merrill Dow Pharmaceuticals, 113 S.Ct. 2786 (1993), affects the use and admissibility of expert medical and scientific opinion in workers' compensation cases under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. Section 901 et seq. But the U.S. Department of Labor Benefits...

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