Where Science Enters the Courtroom, the Daubert Name Looms Large

Decades ago, two parents sued a drug company over their newborn’s deformity — and changed courtroom science forever.

By Peter Andrey Smith
02.17.2020

"The plaintiffs countered that #corporations and other #industries with deep pockets ginned up research solely for the purpose of #discrediting #litigation. Scientists paid by the #asbestos industry, for instance, had suppressed results that could damage the product’s reputation. As Nace explained in an interview with The Washington Informer, #MerrellDow had been 'financing scientific articles to get their way.' In some ways, here was the fake news of its time: If you lacked any compelling scientific support for your case, one way to undermine the credibility of your opponents was by calling their evidence 'junk science.'"

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