United States Eighth Circuit

In a product liability case, plaintiff's expert witness's independent testing of the defective item and testimony eliminating one of two possible causes of plaintiff's injury, including plaintiff's own theory, weigh in favor of admitting the testimony under Fed. Rule of Evid. 702.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/26/2001
• Published 10/26/2001

Judges

• LAY, Circuit Judge., Before BYE, LAY, and JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Gary Thomas LaFleur, Anoka, Minnesota, argued, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Ralph Valitutti, Mount Clemens, Michigan, argued, for appellee.