Legal Opinion
Henry Hickerson v. Pride Mobility Products Corporation the Scooter Store-Kansas City, L.L.C.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 13, 2006No. 06-1647PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MELLOY, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Henry Hickerson lost his wife and home in a fire. He sued Defendants alleging a motorized wheelchair or scooter they manufactured and sold to him, a Pride Jet 3 Power Chair (“PowerChair”), was defective and caused the fire. Mr. Hickerson designated a fire causation expert witness who offered an opinion regarding the location of the point of origin of the fire and identified the PowerChair as a possible cause of the fire. The expert based these conclusions on burn patterns and damage and on the facts that the remains of the PowerChair were sitting at the center…
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