Jane C. Vollmert v. Wisconsin Department of Transportation

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• holding that an expert report at summary judgment must supply the basis for the opinion but need not “give a primer on why the facts allow the expert to reach [her] conclusion”
• noting that competing, valid expert reports create disputes of fact and preclude summary judgment
• to avoid summary judgment, a party’s expert need not “give a primer on why the facts allow the expert to reach that conclusion”
• “On a few occasions, this court has recognized that an admissible expert report may not be sufficient to preclude summary judgment when it offers nothing but naked conclusions.”
• an “expert who supplies nothing but a bottom line supplies nothing 10 of value to the judicial process, and his naked opinion does not preclude summary judgment.”
• hold- ing that an expert report at summary judgment must 16 No. 05-4765 supply the basis for the opinion but need not “give a primer on why the facts allow the expert to reach [her] conclusion”

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