A federal jury in Louisiana in 2019 rejected Barbara Earnest’s arguments that Taxotere was responsible. Earnest’s Thancase was the first test trial in federal multidistrict proceedings.
She was prejudiced by improper “quasi-expert” testimony, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit said in February.
The company’s corporate witness went beyond the scope permitted for a lay witness, the appeals court said.
A medical ...