United States Eleventh Circuit

In a products liability suit concerning the use of a pesticide, summary judgment in favor of defendant-manufacturer is affirmed where the district court did not abuse its discretion in excluding expert testimony which provided plaintiffs' proof of causation.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/24/2005
• Published 02/24/2005

Judges

• BIRCH, Circuit Judge:, Before BIRCH, BARKETT and COX, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Kevin E. Huddell, Gladstone N. Jones, III, Jones, Verras & Freiberg, LLC, New Orleans, LA, Spiro John Verras, Jones, Verras & Freiberg, LLC, Tampa, FL, John G. Crabtree, John G. Crabtree, P.A., Key Biscayne, FL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Christopher G. Kelly, Holland & Knight, LLP, New York City, Stacy D. Blank, Holland & Knight, LLP, Joseph H. Varner, III, Knopik Varner Moore, Tampa, FL, for Defendants-Appellees.