How have courts interpreted the case law in favour of the proposition that statistical evidence should not be considered in a vacuum?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Andersen v. St. Jude Medical, Inc., 2012 ONSC 3660 (CanLII):
Laferriere was cited in Goodman v. Viljoen,[131] which the plaintiffs also cite for the proposition that statistical evidence ought not to be considered in a vacuum, but rather forms just one piece of the totality of the evidence.
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