United States Sixth Circuit

Under Michigan product liability law, plaintiff's expert witnesses' admission that his proposed alternate design had never been produced defeated the claim of design defect for failure to establish that a reasonable, practicable, and available alternative design was available.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/08/2001
• Published 01/08/2001

Judges

• Before JONES, RYAN, and CLAY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Patrick J. Burkett (argued and briefed), Sommers, Schwartz, Silver & Schwartz, Southfield, MI, for Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Barry B. Sutton (argued and briefed), Harvey & Kruse, Troy, MI, for Appellees.