Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance v. Grove Manufacturing Co.

ORDER

PIERAS, District Judge.

This is a case where the plaintiff Tokio Marine and Fire Insurance Company Ltd. alleges that codefendant Grove Manufacturing Co., manufactured a defective crane. Thus the issue of crane defects is crucial in the adjudication of this claim of the case.

During the trial the plaintiff moved for the qualification of an alleged expert by the name of Philip Alternan. Mr. Alter-man currently works as an expert technical consultant for the S.T. Hudson International Company in Pennsylvania, and routinely offers his services as an expert witness. He has had many years…