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June 3, 2024
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Paraquat Litigation Gets in the Weeds of Expert Reliability
The Southern District of Illinois's decision in In re Paraquat Products Liability Litigation underscores the critical importance of rigorous, transparent, and repeatable expert methodologies in court. The exclusion of plaintiffs' causation expert due to methodological flaws, resulting in a summary judgment for the defendants, highlights the escalating judicial scrutiny on expert reliability following the recent amendments to Rule 702.