Legal Opinion
Arthur W. Fuesting v. Zimmer, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 30, 2005No. 04-2158PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
In this strict liability and negligence case, plaintiff Arthur W. Fuesting sued defendant Zimmer, Inc., an orthopaedic implant manufacturer, for damages resulting from the failure of his prosthetic knee. After a jury trial, where Fuesting was awarded $650,000, Zimmer appeals, arguing that the district court erroneously applied Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 702 and Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 509 U.S. 579, 113 S.Ct. 2786, 125 L.Ed.2d 469 (1993) in admitting unreliable expert testimony. Because we find that the district court did err in admitting…
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