July 18, 2023
The parents of an autistic child have lost their bid to have a neurologist testify that encephalopathy caused the child's autism, a Pennsylvania federal judge has ruled, allowing a previous court finding that the expert's methodology was too unreliable to stand.
May 11, 2023
A Pennsylvania federal judge has excluded proposed expert testimony stating that an infant's birth injury stemming from a lack of oxygen caused his autism, saying the opinion submitted by a family's medical expert was not based on reliable scientific principles.