Legal Opinion
Scott Johnson v. Mead Johnson & Company
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 6, 2014No. 13-1685PublishedCited by 166 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, Circuit Judge.
Scott Johnson, guardian ad litem for minor H.T.P., appeals the district court’s adverse grant of summary judgment in this products liability case. The district court excluded Johnson’s experts’ testimony and accordingly entered judgment in favor of Mead Johnson (Mead). The district court also assessed costs in the amount of $18,442 against Johnson. Because we find the district court abused its discretion in excluding the experts, we reverse and remand.
I. BACKGROUND
In this summary judgment appeal we view the facts in the light most favorable to Johnson, the non-moving…
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