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· 2/22/1977

Kahn v. Flood

Citations

  • 550 F.2d 784

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  • requiring new trial where experiment significantly departed from conditions of accident and did not allow a fair comparison, thus possibly misleading jury on the issue of defendant’s negligence
  • reversing admission of experiment purporting to recreate accident between a car and a truck to determine speed of truck when simulation truck was different model year and lacked the full load carried in actual truck
  • abuse of discretion to admit experiment re- suits where experiment conditions differed from accident conditions
  • abuse of discretion to admit experiment results where experiment conditions differed from accident conditions
  • abuse of discretion to admit experiment results where experiment conditions differed from accident conditions
  • abuse of discretion to admit experiment results where experiment conditions differed from accident conditions

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Judges: Mulligan

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