Bloomberg Law
Aug. 22, 2016, 8:23 PM UTC

Quote of the Day: Genomics in the Courtroom?

Casey Sullivan

It will become routine in ten years to look at the plaintiff’s genome on a chip. And the attorneys on both sides should be cross-examining that information.

— Professor Gary Marchant at Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law.

Marchant’s comments came in a story from Bloomberg BNA’s Peter Hayes , who explored the notion of litigators using a plaintiff’s genome as evidence in defending toxic tort cases against their corporate clients.

Per the article:

Traditional causation in toxic tort cases involves epidemiological evidence, which attempts to establish whether there is a correlation between a risk factor and ...

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