United States First Circuit

Summary judgment for defendant, a ladder manufacturer, in a personal injury suit brought by a construction worker injured after a ladder collapse is affirmed where: 1) the district court did not abuse its discretion in excluding plaintiffs' expert witness testimony; 2) the court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to allow a late disclosure of expert testimony; and 3) the court did not err in requiring expert testimony for plaintiffs' inadequate warning claim.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/06/2006
• Published 09/06/2006

Judges

• TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge., Before TORRUELLA, LYNCH and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Daniel C. Federico, with whom Rainer & O'Connor LLP was on brief, for appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Harrison L. Richardson, with whom Paul R. Johnson, and Richardson, Whitman, Large & Badger were on brief, for appellee.