Michigan Millers Mutual Insurance v. Benfield

FAY, Senior Circuit Judge:

This suit concerns the liability of Michigan Millers Mutual Insurance Corporation (“Millers”) to its insured, Florida resident Janelle Benfield, for property loss due to fire. Millers appeals as error the district court’s striking of the testimony of Millers’ fire causation expert under Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharm., Inc., 509 U.S. 579, 113 S.Ct. 2786, 125 L.Ed.2d 469 (1993), and the district court’s granting of Mrs. Benfield’s motion for directed verdict as to Millers’ arson defense. Millers also contends the trial court erred in directing a verdict against Millers’…