CA6: Daubert and Psychological Autopsy in Holverson v. Plato Learning

From the Daubert Blog 402, is a post of a Sixth Circuit Case upholding the exclusion of a psychological autopsy in an employment case.  The decision was unpublished - Halvorsen v. Plato Learning, Inc., No. 05-5325 (6th Cir. Feb. 15, 2006) (Siler, Sutton, & Cook, JJ.).  Here is the link to their posting:

Sixth Circuit Upholds Exclusion of Psychological Autopsy

The Sixth Circuit has upheld the exclusion of a psychological autopsy in an employment case. The panel's unpublished decision says the expert relied entirely on anecdotal evidence, failed to review the medical records, and admitted she had never performed a psychological autopsy before.