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McDANIEL v. CSX TRANSP., INC.

955 S.W.2d 257 (1997)

Kenneth McDANIEL, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

Rehearing Denied December 8, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wayne L. Robbins, Jr., Gareth S. Aden, Gullett, Sanford, Robinson & Martin, PLLC, Nashville, Edward H. Stopher, Boehl, Stopher & Graves, Louisville, KY, for Defendant-Appellant.

Van Kirk McCombs, II, James H. Wettermark, Burge & Wettermark, P.C., Birmingham, AL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

OPINION

ANDERSON, Chief Justice.

We granted this interlocutory appeal to clarify the standards for the admissibility of scientific evidence under Tennessee Rules of Evidence 702 and 703.

The trial court, after a Tenn. R. Evid. 104 pretrial evidentiary hearing, admitted into evidence the testimony of plaintiffs' experts who relied on epidemiological studies to prove that exposure to organic solvents caused a form of brain damage known as toxic encephalopathy...

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