United States Eighth Circuit

Summary judgment for defendant on plaintiffs' strict products liability and breach of implied warranty claims against heater manufacturer is affirmed where expert testimony was necessary to prove causation in the matter, and the expert testimony presented by plaintiffs to prove causation was properly excluded by the district court under Fed. R. Evid. 702.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/22/2006
• Published 11/22/2006

Judges

• GRUENDER, Circuit Judge., Before WOLLMAN, RILEY and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• George Patrick Coughlin, argued, Kansas City, MO (Martin M. Montemore, Patrick J. Kaine, on the brief), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Earl Wayne Taff, argued, Kansas City, MO (Mark D. Katz, Keven D. Brooks, on the brief), for appellee.