Fireman's Fund Insurance v. Tecumseh Products Co.

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• finding that a fire investigator’s opinion should be excluded where he does not follow the procedures set out in NFPA 921
• finding that a fire investigator’s opinion should be excluded where he does not follow the procedures set out in NFPA 921
• noting that Rule 702 “employs a flexible standard, the aim of which is to prevent the fact-finder from being unduly swayed by opinions, presented as expert judgments, that in fact amount to no more than informed speculation.”
• noting that expert opinion testimony may be used to establish the existence of a design defect, as well as circumstantial evidence giving rise to an “inference” of a defect
• expert must show that “objects and materials are capable of behaving in the manner [he] hypothesize[d] under the conditions of the event in question”
• expert must show that “objects and materials are capable of behaving in the manner [he] hypothesize[d] under the conditions of the event in question”

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