Mealey's (October 10, 2016, 10:27 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — The exclusion of expert testimony on the mechanics of how a vehicle’s fuel tank struck a flange and whether safer alternative designs existed was fatal to prove products liability claims, the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Oct. 5, affirming summary judgment for the vehicle’s manufacturers (Henry Lee Sims Jr., individually and as legal heir to the Estate of Henry Lee Sims Sr., et al. v. Kia Motors of America and Kia Motors Corp., No. 15-10636, 5th Cir.; 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS...