AMORGIANOS v. NATIONAL R.R. PASSENGER CORP.

Docket No. 01-7508.

303 F.3d 256 (2002)

Nikitas AMORGIANOS and Donna Amorgianos, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION, d/b/a Amtrak, Defendant-Third-Party-Plaintiff-Appellee, Romano Enterprises, Romano Enterprises of New York, Inc., Ahern Painting, Ahern Painting Contractors Inc., and Dynamic Painting, Dynamic Painting Corporation, Third-Party-Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: August 28, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence P. Biondi, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Angela Delfino Vitali, Jenkens & Gilchrist Parker Chapin LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant-Third-Party-Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before WALKER, Chief Judge, SACK and B.D. PARKER, Circuit Judges.


JOHN M. WALKER, JR., Chief Judge:

This case requires us to elaborate on the nature of the district court's role as the gatekeeper for scientific and technical testimony under Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 509 U.S. 579, 113 S.Ct. 2786, 125 L.Ed.2d 469 (1993). The Supreme Court's now-familiar Daubert ruling set forth the standards for the admissibility of expert scientific and technical testimony, providing...

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