Magistrate Allows Opinion That Home Cleaning Crew On Smoke Break Caused Fire

Mealey's (October 28, 2019, 12:43 PM EDT) -- SCRANTON, Pa. — A fire expert’s methods are reliable, and his testimony on the cause of a 2017 blaze that destroyed a vacation home in the Pennsylvania Poconos is relevant, a federal magistrate judge determined Oct. 25 in denying a property management company’s bids to exclude the testimony and for summary judgment (State Farm & Casualty Company v. M&M Services, No. 3:18-cv-01282, M.D. Pa., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 184560)....