Legal Opinion
Hayes v. MTD Products, Inc.
District Court, W.D. Kentucky
Decided September 6, 2007No. Civil Action 3:05CV-781-HPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
JOHN G. HEYBURN, II, Chief Judge.
George Hayes was killed when a Cub Cadet zero turn radius (“ZTR”) lawn mower rolled over and crushed him. Defendant MTD Products has filed this motion to exclude the proposed expert opinion testimony of Stuart M. Statler from trial. For the following reasons, the Court will grant Defendant’s motion.
Statler served as a Consumer Product Safety Commission (“CPSC”) Commissioner from 1979 until 1986. Since then, Stat-ler has apparently served as an expert witness in a wide variety of products liabilities actions. Statler is apparently…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
- United States v. James T. WhittedCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1993
- Claude I. Smelser v. Norfolk Southern Railway Company, Norfolk and Western Railway Company, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1997
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