United States Seventh Circuit

Judgment for plaintiff in a product liability suit is affirmed where: 1) the district court did not err in admitting plaintiff's expert witness testimony, despite discrepancies alleged by the defendant; 2) the district court did not err in allowing plaintiff's expert to perform a demonstration of the product's failure; 3) the district court correctly limited defendant's questioning of plaintiff's prior conviction; and 4) the district court did not err in excluding certain evidence relating to damages.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/07/2009
• Decided 02/17/2009
• Published 02/17/2009

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, RIPPLE, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• D.J. Weis, Attorney (argued), Habush, Habush & Rottier, Rhinelander, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellee., John P. McCorry, Attorney (argued), McVey & Parsky, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.