Galloway’s client, a large supermarket chain, recently secured a victory in Mississippi. The lawsuit stemmed from a trip and fall accident. First, the district court granted the defense’s motion to exclude the expert testimony and opinions of plaintiff’s designated expert. The defense successfully argued the plaintiff’s expert did not reliably apply her methods to the specific facts of the case as required under the federal rules of evidence and the supreme court’s holding in Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharms., Inc. Subsequently, the court granted the defense’s motion for summary judgment, and summarily dismissed plaintiff’s case.
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