Legal Opinion
Margaret Scott v. Sears, Roebuck & Company
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided May 1, 1986No. 84-2086PublishedCited by 114 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAYNSWORTH, Senior Circuit Judge:
This is a slip and fall case in the diversity jurisdiction. The question before us is whether the district court abused its discretion when, over the defendant’s objection, it admitted the testimony of an expert in “ergonomics”, i.e., a “human factors” expert.
We conclude that some of the admitted expert testimony was unduly prejudicial, and reverse.
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Margaret Scott, with visiting friends, went to the Sears store in Roanoke, Virginia to pick, up a rug she had ordered. They entered the store through a special parcel post entrance. After picking up the rug,…
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