Epidemiological evidence is regularly presented to courts in determining proof of causation in medicinal product liability litigation. Building on the foundations of the author’s previous monograph, which supported the use of epidemiological evidence in dealing with problems of proof of causation in alleged cases of adverse drug reactions, this paper revisits this perennial problem of the role of epidemiological evidence in assessing causation in product liability cases in a twenty-first century context, examining recent cases in the United Kingdom, United States, Australia, and Canada. It seeks to determine the extent to which the courts in the highlighted cases have been pragmatic and fair in their interpretation and utilization of epidem...
The requirements for proof of causation determine the extent to which the general public will be ex...
This book undertakes an analysis of academic and judicial responses to the problem of evidential unc...
This paper offers a commentary on three aspects of the Supreme Court’s recent decision (2011Da22092)...
Translating risk estimates derived from epidemiologic study into evidence of causality for a ...
The piecemeal developments in product liability reform in Europe have their origins in the tragic as...
The approach adopted by epidemiologists when attributing a causal mechanism to an observed statistic...
In Sienkiewicz v Greif (UK) Limited, the Supreme Court discussed a doubles-the-risk test based on ep...
AbstractObjectiveThis article examines how epidemiological evidence is and should be used in the con...
Judges and juries are increasingly being asked to settle questions about disease caused by hazardous...
While statisticians and quantitative social scientists typically study the "effects of causes" (EoC)...
This paper discusses different needs and approaches to establishing "causation" that are relevant in...
Courts around the world are increasingly considering whether liability should exist in various types...
We welcome Mr. Korzeniewski\u27s efforts at clarifying some of the epidemiological concepts included...
Drs. Lynch & Henefin examine evolution of disease causation theory and its impact on public health, ...
What meaning does epidemiologic evidence have for the individual? In evidence-based medicine, epidem...
The requirements for proof of causation determine the extent to which the general public will be ex...
This book undertakes an analysis of academic and judicial responses to the problem of evidential unc...
This paper offers a commentary on three aspects of the Supreme Court’s recent decision (2011Da22092)...
Translating risk estimates derived from epidemiologic study into evidence of causality for a ...
The piecemeal developments in product liability reform in Europe have their origins in the tragic as...
The approach adopted by epidemiologists when attributing a causal mechanism to an observed statistic...
In Sienkiewicz v Greif (UK) Limited, the Supreme Court discussed a doubles-the-risk test based on ep...
AbstractObjectiveThis article examines how epidemiological evidence is and should be used in the con...
Judges and juries are increasingly being asked to settle questions about disease caused by hazardous...
While statisticians and quantitative social scientists typically study the "effects of causes" (EoC)...
This paper discusses different needs and approaches to establishing "causation" that are relevant in...
Courts around the world are increasingly considering whether liability should exist in various types...
We welcome Mr. Korzeniewski\u27s efforts at clarifying some of the epidemiological concepts included...
Drs. Lynch & Henefin examine evolution of disease causation theory and its impact on public health, ...
What meaning does epidemiologic evidence have for the individual? In evidence-based medicine, epidem...
The requirements for proof of causation determine the extent to which the general public will be ex...
This book undertakes an analysis of academic and judicial responses to the problem of evidential unc...
This paper offers a commentary on three aspects of the Supreme Court’s recent decision (2011Da22092)...