Horton v. W. T. Grant Co.

In this products liability diversity case, plaintiffs appeal from a final judgment entered on an adverse jury verdict, assigning reversible error in several of the district court’s evidentiary rulings, principally the *1217exclusion of the proffered testimony of plaintiffs’ expert witness, Keith Austin. Finding no abuse of discretion by the district court, we affirm.

I

On November 23, 1973, a fire engulfed the apartment of plaintiffs Roy and Elsie Horton, destroying the contents of the apartment, severely burning them, and killing Jerry Horton, Roy’s brother, who had been visiting Roy and Elsie.…