5th Circuit Upholds Exclusion Of Expert For Kin Of Man Killed In Freak Bow Mishap

Mealey's (October 26, 2018, 12:52 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Oct. 24 affirmed summary judgment for a bow manufacturer sued by the survivors of a man killed by a rod on his bow while working on the bow at home, finding that the trial court properly excluded testimony by the survivors’ biomechanics expert for his reliance on “propensity” evidence (Mary Sandifer, et al. v. Hoyt Archery, Incorporated, et al., No. 17-30124, 5th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 29973)....