Dennis Persinger v. Norfolk & Western Railway Company

How courts have described this case

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• explaining that testimony about how difficult it is to lift heavy things is not “helpful” and is thus excludable
• explaining that we review evidentiary rulings on expert testi- mony for abuse of discretion
• excluding expert testimony about whether the weight the plaintiff had to carry was unreasonable because the testimony ″did no more than state the obvious″
• “[Judgment notwithstanding the verdict] should not be granted unless the evidence is so clear that reasonable men could reach no other conclusion than the one suggested by the moving party.”
• “Rule 702 excludes expert testimony on matters within the common knowledge of jurors.”

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