Accutane Ruling Shows Experts' Power To Shape Mass Torts

By Sindhu Sundar (February 23, 2015, 9:44 PM EST) -- A New Jersey state judge's decision to reject the testimony of two plaintiffs-side expert witnesses in the long-running consolidated action over Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.'s acne medication Accutane came after unusually long and vigorously argued Daubert-style hearings that reflect the increasing potential lately for the admission of expert testimony to make or break product liability mass torts, attorneys say....

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