United States Eighth Circuit

In a negligence and product liability action arising from a car accident involving a rental car, summary judgment in favor of Nissan and a rental car company in an action brought by decedents' survivors and the injured driver of another car is affirmed where the district court did not abuse its discretion in excluding plaintiff's expert's opinions regarding the necessity of warnings that the Pathfinder was unsafe at highway speeds.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/11/2006
• Published 09/11/2006

Judges

• COLLOTON, Circuit Judge., Before MURPHY, MELLOY, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Christopher Slusher, argued, Jefferson City, MO (Daniel C. Sanders, Kansas City, MO, on the brief), for appellant., James T. Seigfreid, Jr., and Michael S. Cessna, argued, Kansas City, MO for Alamo Rent-a-Car.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jordan B. Cherrick, argued, St. Louis, MO (Robert L. Duckels, St. Louis, MO, W. Russell Welsh and Patricia A. Sexton, Kansas City, MO, on the brief), for appellees Nissan North America and Nissan Motor Co.