An expert must be able to rule out “obvious alternative causes” to qualify to testify as a credible expert witness in a products liability lawsuit, a federal judge has ruled.
U.S. District Judge James McGirr Kelly of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania made that determination in granting summary judgment for the defendant, because the expert in question was the only witness the plaintiff anticipated presenting.
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