11th Circuit Reverses Exclusion Of Opinions In Slip-And-Fall Case

Mealey's (August 5, 2015, 10:48 AM EDT) -- ATLANTA — A district court abused its discretion in finding that certain opinions of an expert for a couple suing a cruise line in a slip-and-fall case were not reliable, the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held Aug. 4 in reversing in part the district court’s evidentiary rulings and vacating the grant of summary judgment and award of costs in favor of the cruise line (Teresita Sorrels, et al. v. NCL [Bahamas] Ltd., Nos. 13-15858 and 14-14467, 11th Cir.; 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 13541)....