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LATEST SUMMARIES
CIVIL PROCEDURE, CONSUMER PRODUCTS, EVIDENCE, INJURY AND TORT LAW, PRODUCT LIABILITY
Pineda v. Ford Motor Co., No. 07-1191
In a products liability action brought against Ford by an automobile
technician who was injured when the rear liftgate glass of a 2002
Ford Explorer shattered, summary judgment for Ford is reversed and
remanded where the district court erred in: 1) excluding an expert
witness who should have been qualified as an expert even though he
may not have been the "best qualified" expert; 2) focusing
exclusively on Fed. R. Evid. 407 and failing to consider Rule 703,
which governs the bases of opinion testimony by experts; and 3)
holding that the expert witness failed to establish a causal link
between the alleged defect in the service manual language and
plaintiff's injury.
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