Baltus v. Weaver Division of Kidde & Co.

How courts have described this case

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• affirming summary judgment for manufacturer in product-liability case in which plaintiff argued that he need not present expert testimony regarding the condition of a transmission jack
• requiring “affirmative factual base from which to infer [] proximate cause”
• “Products liability actions, however, often involve specialized knowledge or expertise outside the layman’s knowledge. Manufacturing negligence resulting in an unreasonably dangerous product seems particularly appropriate for expert opinion.”
• expert testimony required to establish that the design of a car transmission jack was unreasonably dangerous
• duty to warn of latent defect or a dangerous propensity of which a user would normally be unaware
• \Several intermediate appellate decisions in Illinois say that expert testimony is vital in design-defect cases when aspects of a product's design or operation are outside the scope of lay knowledge.\

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