PIPITONE v. BIOMATRIX, INC.

No. 01-30654.

288 F.3d 239 (2002)

Thomas PIPITONE, and Bonnie Pipitone, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BIOMATRIX, INC., et al., Defendants, Biomatrix, Inc., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 18, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Kevin Coleman (argued), Law Office of L. Kevin Coleman, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Stanton E. Shuler, Jr. (argued), Karen M. Dicke, Leake & Andersson, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before GARWOOD, JOLLY and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.


W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

Thomas Pipitone and his wife, Bonnie, brought suit against Biomatrix, Inc. ("Biomatrix"), alleging that a product that Biomatrix manufactures, known as Synvisc, caused Mr. Pipitone to develop a salmonella infection in his knee after a physician injected his knee with Synvisc. The district court excluded the testimony of the plaintiffs' experts, Doctors Millet and Coco, under the standard set forth in Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals...

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