Collier v. Turner Industries Group, L.L.C.

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• finding that the expert’s “failure to base his opinion on facts and data and faithfully apply the NFPA 921 procedure and scientific method” renders his opinion unreliable
• granting summary judgment in defendant’s favor where plaintiff’s proffered expert opinion as to the cause of the underlying fire was excluded under Daubert and plaintiff proffered no other causation evidence
• “Causation is an essential element of a prima facie negligent fire claim under Pennsylvania law.”
• “Since [the insurer] cannot point to any admissible causation evidence in the summary judgment record, it has failed to establish a prima facie negligence claim and it must succumb to summary judgment.”

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