Without Expert Testimony, Judge Grants Judgment On Product Liability Claims

Mealey's (March 23, 2017, 12:17 PM EDT) -- HARTFORD, Conn. — Finding that a plaintiff’s expert is not qualified to testify about “handheld circular saw safety, the efficacy or necessity of riving knives on such products, or the sufficiency of warning labels” to support design defect and failure-to-warn claims, a Connecticut federal judge on March 20 granted summary judgment to the manufacturer of a circular saw (Eustathios Karavitis v. Makita U.S.A. Inc., No. 14-00913, D. Conn., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 39830)....