Legal Opinion
Moore v. Harley-Davidson Motor Co. Group, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided November 9, 2010No. 39400-6-IIPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtVan Deren, J.
¶1 Karen Moore and the estate of her deceased husband, Johnny C. Moore (Moores),1 sued Harley-Davidson Motor Company Group Inc. and Destination Motorcycles Tacoma LLC (collectively Harley-Davidson) for Washington products liability act2 (WPLA), ch. 7.72 RCW, violations. In pretrial motions, the trial court ruled that the Moores’ expert’s testimony based on metal spatter on the interior of a circuit breaker would not be admissible because it failed to satisfy the Frye3 test. The trial court admitted Harley-Davidson’s expert’s testimony based on controlled heating of a circuit breaker, finding…
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- Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Frye v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1923
- Washington State Physicians Insurance Exchange & Ass'n v. Fisons Corp.Washington Supreme Court · 1993
- Queen City Farms, Inc. v. Central Nat'l Ins. Co. of OmahaWashington Supreme Court · 1995
- Connecticut v. PorterSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1997
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