Water Heater Maker Wins Defect Case After Exclusion Of Fire Experts

Mealey's (May 8, 2018, 11:14 AM EDT) -- ST. LOUIS — A water heater manufacturer won summary judgment May 4 against a couple that claimed that a defect in one of its products caused a fire that burned down their lake house, when a Missouri federal judge excluded the couple’s causation experts and then found that without the expert testimony, they could not succeed on their claims (Thomas E. Howard, Jr., et al. v. Bosch Thermotechnology Corp., No. 4:17-cv-763, E.D. Mo., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 75421)....