Baseline Levels of Symptom Reporting

by Dr. Ronald E. Gots 20 November 08
What patients say and what their doctors do and do not know How often do we get common symptoms and common disorders? In a lawsuit, an association between a set of symptoms and the alleged exposed is often central to the claim. A mother may say, “My child has been sick with cough, runn... [More]

Subverting Daubert and Frye by Calling Causation Expert a "Treating Physician" (In This Case Ritchie Shoemaker): How One Judge Rejected This Ploy

by Dr. Ronald E. Gots 3 November 08
In a case just decided in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, Dr. Ritchie Shoemaker, a mold/wet damp indoor space disease "expert," was excluded in a Frye decision. In and of itself that would be of marginal interest since he has been excluded many times. The facts and their implications are of considerable interest. [More]