Expert Witness, Summary Judgment Rulings Upheld In Suit Over Fall At Work

Mealey's (July 3, 2019, 11:32 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A scrap yard worker injured on the job when he fell from a car crusher cannot maintain a product liability suit against the manufacturer and renter of the crusher without his expert’s testimony, which was properly excluded for lack of a reliable opinion, the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held July 2 (Richard A. Clark v. River Metals Recycling, LLC, et al., No. 18-3034, 7th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 19780)....