Judge: Engineer’s Alternative Design Testimony Is Unreliable In Product Liability Suit

(November 11, 2016, 1:07 PM EST) -- HATTIESBURG, Miss. — A mechanical engineer’s testimony concerning a feasible alternative design is unreliable in a product liability case against Deere & Co. that alleges that a lawnmower rolling over caused a man’s injuries and paralysis, a Mississippi federal judge ruled Nov. 8 (Ricky Barnett v. Deere & Co., No. 15-2, S.D. Miss.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 154774)....