“Speculative” expert testimony about a boy’s future lost wages and medical expenses won’t be allowed in a lawsuit alleging that in utero exposure to the antidepressant Paxil caused birth defects (Gibson v. Smithkline Beecham Corp., 2016 BL 82859, S.D. Miss., 1:14-cv-00319-LG-RHW, 3/17/16).
Dr. Aaron M. Wolfson, the proposed vocational rehabilitation expert, failed to support his opinion that the 11-year-old boy’s formal education would likely terminate after high school graduation, Judge Louis Guirola said March 17 for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.
Wolfson’s opinion regarding the child’s educational prospects wouldn’t be helpful to ...
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