Mealey's (January 12, 2018, 11:11 AM EST) -- ATLANTA — A metallurgy and engineering expert in a dispute over whether lightning striking a faulty gas line caused a fire that destroyed a home is abundantly qualified and his opinions are reliable and helpful, the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held Jan. 10 in affirming a $1.4 million jury award against the pipe manufacturer (Mazen Hanna, et al. v. Ward Manufacturing, Inc., No. 16-14806, 11th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 703)....