CAVALLO v. STAR ENTERPRISE

Civ. A. No. 94-1499-A.

892 F.Supp. 756 (1995)

Ardith CAVALLO, Plaintiff, v. STAR ENTERPRISE, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. of Virginia, Alexandria Division.

July 10, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark C. Hayes, Law Offices of Mark C. Hayes, P.C., Alexandria, VA, Donnell R. Fullerton, Donnell R. Fullerton, P.C., Fairfax, VA, John E. Drury, Law Offices of John Drury, Washington, DC, for plaintiff.

John A.C. Keith, Blankingship & Keith, Fairfax, VA, Richard E. Wallace, Jr., Howrey & Simon, Washington, DC, for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

ELLIS, District Judge.

In this toxic tort case, the Court must exercise its "gatekeeping responsibility" to assess whether Plaintiff's proffered expert opinions on causation are admissible under Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., ___ U.S. ___, 113 S.Ct. 2786, 125 L.Ed.2d 469 (1993). Plaintiff here alleges chronic injury from exposure to aviation jet fuel ("AvJet") vapors, and like many toxic tort cases, the central...

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