FREEMAN v. HOFFMAN-LA ROCHE, INC.

No. S-17-800.

911 N.W.2d 591 (2018)

300 Neb. 47

Aimee FREEMAN, appellant, v. HOFFMAN-LA ROCHE, INC., and Roche Laboratories, Inc., appellees.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

Filed May 18, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey A. Silver , Omaha, and Walter G. Campbell, Jr. , and Noreek Davitian , of Krupnick, Campbell, Malone, Buser, Slama, Hancock & Liberman, P.A., and Michael D. Hook , of Hook, Bolton, Mitchell, Kirkland & McGhee, P.A., for appellant.

Jill Vinjamuri Gettman , Omaha, of Gettman & Mills, L.L.P., Michael X. Imbroscio and Paul W. Schmidt , of Covington & Burling, L.L.P., and Colleen M. Hennessey , of Peabody & Arnold, L.L.P., for appellees.

Heavican, C.J., Miller-Lerman, Cassel, Stacy, and Funke, JJ., and Riedmann, Judge, and Martinez, District Judge.


I. INTRODUCTION

In this product liability action, the district court excluded the claimant's expert's testimony regarding causation. Summary judgment for the manufacturer and distributor followed. On appeal, the claimant asserts that the exclusion exceeded the court's "gatekeeping" function. Because the record supports the court...

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