Meyers v. National Railroad Passenger Corp.

Federal 7th Circuit Court
Civil Court
Experts
Citation
Case Number: 
No. 09-3323
Decision Date: 
August 30, 2010
Federal District: 
N.D. Ill., E. Div.
Holding: 
Affirmed
Dist. Ct. did not err in granting defendant's motion for summary judgment in FELA action after striking opinions of plaintiff's expert witnesses, who failed to comply with Rule 26(a)(2) of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure by making opinions regarding causation of plaintiff's alleged work-related injury without setting forth any detailed support for how experts arrived at their opinions. Said conclusions as to causation failed to meet standards for disclosure under Rule 26(a)(2), and said Rule applied to opinions of instant experts, even though said experts were plaintiff's treating physicians, where said opinions as to causation of injury were not generated at time treatment was rendered.