Judge Tosses Deepwater Horizon Cases For Lack Of Admissible Causation Expert

Mealey's (March 2, 2023, 2:26 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge in Louisiana has dismissed multiple personal injury lawsuits involving the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, with the most recent opinion handed down March 1. The opinions contain wording that is nearly identical to the ruling in the case of Timothy Bennett Miller, in which the judge said the plaintiff cannot prove causation because they all relied on the testimony of the same expert, who was excluded on grounds that the reliability and relevance of his report was not established....