Expert Opinions, Auto Defect Claims Properly Tossed, 4th Circuit Decides

Mealey's (March 27, 2019, 1:13 PM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — A trial court correctly awarded Ford Motor Co. summary judgment on consumers’ design defect claims over vehicle acceleration problems after properly excluding the consumers’ expert witness opinions as unreliable, the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held March 25 (Lance R. Belville, et al. v. Ford Motor Company, No. 18-1470, 4th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 8838)....