Oklahoma Federal Judge Bars Pilot’s Testimony In Products Liability Lawsuit

Mealey's (March 17, 2017, 11:34 AM EDT) -- TULSA, Okla. — Rendering moot a federal magistrate judge’s report and recommendation that a pilot’s expert testimony in an aviation negligence and products liability lawsuit should be partially excluded under Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc., 509 U.S. 579 (1993), an Oklahoma federal judge ruled March 14 that the entire testimony should be excluded for the pilot’s failure to prepare the report himself (James Rodgers, et al. v. Beechcraft Corp. f/k/a Hawker Beechcraft Corp., et al., No. 15-0129, N.D. Okla., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 36131)....