United States Fifth Circuit

In a suit alleging defective tire design after an automobile accident caused by a tire blowout, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where the district court did not abuse its discretion by rejecting the expert testimony of a polymer scientist regarding the cause of a particular tire's failure since the scientist had no expertise in tire design, manufacture, or malfunction.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/03/2007
• Published 08/03/2007

Judges

• BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:, Before JONES, Chief Judge, and BENAVIDES and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jennifer Ingram Wilkinson (argued), Carroll H. Ingram, Ingram & Associates, Hattiesburg, MS, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael Wayne Baxter (argued), Barry Douglas Hassell, Copeland, Cook, Taylor & Bush, Ridgeland, MS, for Defendant-Appellee.