A federal judge in Massachusetts sustained a lawsuit against a Jeep manufacturer, holding lay testimony cited during deposition was sufficient to explain alleged vehicle defects and expert testimony wasn’t required to support triable claims as to whether the vehicle was damaged on delivery.
The alleged defects, including missing paint, paint drips, overspray, misaligned body panels, and burn marks were “straightforward and observable conditions” that the were sufficiently explained by lay testimony, held U.S. District Chief Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV for the District of Massachusetts, in a Nov. 30 opinion.
