Split 9th Circuit Upholds Expert’s Exclusion In Class Suit Over Failed Car Windows

Mealey's (May 1, 2020, 10:25 AM EDT) -- PASADENA, Calif. — A trial court properly excluded an expert’s opinions due to his faulty methods and correctly held that a class of car owners in an unfair competition suit over alleged defective windows in Honda vehicles could not be certified without the expert’s opinions, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals decided April 29 in a divided opinion (Phyllis Grodzitsky, et al. v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc., No. 18-55417, 9th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 13742)....