Miss. Federal Judge: Eye Specialist Can Opine That Fall Inside Store Caused Injury

( March 23, 2026, 1:38 PM EDT) -- GULFPORT, Miss. — An eye doctor retained as an expert for a woman who says she was injured after falling inside a Hobby Lobby store can testify on what caused an eye injury and future treatments that are needed because her testimony meets the admissibility standards under Federal Rule of Evidence 702, Fed. R. Evid. 702, and Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc., a Mississippi federal judge ruled March 20....