Tort Law
Navigating between Scylla and Charybdis: Preemption of Medical Device “Parallel Claims”, Journal of Health & Biomedical Law (2013)
The scope of federal preemption of state common law medical device claims has been vigorously...
Implied Preemption of Medical Device ‘Parallel Claims’, Product Safety & Liability Reporter (2012)
Although the scope of federal preemption of state common law medical device claims has been...
Toward a Neuroscience Model of Tort Law: How Functional Neuroimaging Will Transform Tort Doctrine (with Eric J. Laury), Columbia Science and Technology Law Review (2012)
The “neuroscience revolution” has now gained the attention of legal thinkers and is poised to...
Proposed Disease Cluster Legislation: What’s Nanotechnology Got to Do With It?, The Forum (Widener Law Health Law Institute) (2011)
Federal Preemption of Claims Based on Cell Phone Hazards: Farina v. Nokia and the Road to the U.S. Supreme Court, United States Law Week (2011)
Scientific Evidence
Toward a Neuroscience Model of Tort Law: How Functional Neuroimaging Will Transform Tort Doctrine (with Eric J. Laury), Columbia Science and Technology Law Review (2012)
The “neuroscience revolution” has now gained the attention of legal thinkers and is poised to...
Daubert and Its Progeny: Expert Scientific Evidence in Massachusetts Personal Injury Cases, Journal of the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys (2005)
Toxic Torts and Causation: The Challenge of Daubert After the First Decade, Natural Resources and Environment (2003)
Clinical Medical Evidence of Causation in Toxic Tort Cases: Into the Crucible of Daubert, Houston Law Review (2001)
Toxic Torts, Causation, and Scientific Evidence After Daubert, University of Pittsburgh Law Review (1994)
Workers Compensation
Toxic Exposures and Workers Compensation, Journal of Workers Compensation (2004)
Toxic Reproductive and Genetic Hazards in the Workplace: Challenging the Myths of the Tort and Workers' Compensation Systems, Fordham Law Review (1993)
This article discusses how various scientific studies suggest a causal connection between workers' reproductive and...