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· 8/31/1977

Jean Farner, as Administratrix of the Estate of John W. Farner, Deceased v. Paccar, Inc.

Citations

  • 562 F.2d 518
  • 2 Fed. R. Serv. 427
  • 1977 U.S. App. LEXIS 11754

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  • holding that a truck operator with 30 years of trucking experience could testify as a lay witness about the proper use of safety chains installed to address a potential design defect in his truck so long as his testimony was limited to “his own knowledge and perception”
  • allowing lay opinion testimony of truck operator with extensive experience in the industry regarding the proper use of safety chains
  • interoffice memo by engineer warning of product’s potential hazard

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Judges: Heaney, Ross, Stephenson

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