Supreme Court of Florida
CASTILLO v. E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO., INC., SC00-490
Expert scientific testimony, offered at trial in a product liability and negligence claim against manufacturers of an agricultural fungicide, was admissible under Frye v. U.S., 293 F. 1013.
Appellate Information
- Decided 07/10/2003
- Published 07/10/2003
Judges
- QUINCE, J.
Court
- Supreme Court of Florida
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- James L. Ferraro of Ferraro & Associates, P.A., Miami, FL; Elizabeth K. Russoand Philip D. Parrish of Russo Parrish Appellate Firm, Miami, FL; and Joel S. Perwin of Podhurst, Orseck, Josefsberg, Eaton, Meadow, Olin & Perwin, P.A., Miami, FL, for Petitioners., Martin S. Kaufman, Atlantic Legal Foundation, New York, NY, for Mason Barr, M.D., Jaime L. Frias, M.D., Richard K. Miller, Ph.D., and Janine E. Polifka, Ph.D., Amici Curiae.
- For Appellees:
- Arthur J. England, Jr. of Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Miami, FL; Edward W. Warren and Jeffrey Bossert Clark of Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, DC; and David Kleinberg of Gaebe Murphy Mullen & Antonelli, Coral Gables, FL, for Respondents.