Quackspertise

"A recent decision by a New York court is a stark reminder that, despite far-reaching reforms, junk science still plagues American courtrooms. The case, Nonnon v. City of New York, involves a group of plaintiffs claiming that exposure to toxic substances in New York City's Pelham Bay landfill caused their cancers. They presented no study to the trial court showing that any substance found in the landfill causes their types of cancer and the testimony of their expert witnesses was speculative and based on a single methodologically deficient study. When one of these experts was challenged, he 'persisted in providing insufficient information about his methods and incomplete information about his analysis.'" The Wall Street Journal, September 30, 2006 Read More » (Subscription Required)

Sick of Lawsuits marked Lawsuit Abuse Awareness Week by announcing winners of its second "Bad Science Investigation" (BSI) Awards and having supporters vote for the winner of Sick of Lawsuits' 2006 Biggest B.S. (Bad Science) Award. The questionable existence of the mysterious Dr. Frye, who diagnosed a plaintiff as having asbestos-related illness yet has never been licensed to practice medicine in West Virginia and whose address is nothing more than a vacant lot, made him the clear winner of this Biggest B.S. Award. Read about other "bad science" offenders named in Sick of Lawsuits' second BSI Awards »