7th Circuit:  Expert Witness Exclusion Was Proper, ‘Doomed’ Design Defect Claims

Mealey's (March 29, 2021, 10:32 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A district court properly found that an engineer retained as an expert witness for a man injured when a skid-steer loader tipped over did not meet the reliability standards set in Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc., the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled March 25, also affirming summary judgment for the manufacturer....