Legal Opinion
Sean R. v. BMW of North America, LLC
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 11, 2016No. 3PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Pigott, J.
Plaintiff Sean R. was born with severe mental and physical disabilities, which he attributes to in útero exposure to unleaded gasoline vapor caused by a defective fuel hose in his mother’s BMW. The question on this appeal is whether the courts below properly precluded two of plaintiff’s expert wit nesses from testifying at trial as to causation. Because the experts did not rely on generally accepted principles and methodologies in concluding that plaintiff was exposed to a sufficient concentration of gasoline vapor to cause his injuries, we affirm.
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