Morgan v. Horton

How courts have described this case

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• finding no fact question on gross negligence where landowner relied on experienced forester service employee’s assistance in conducting a controlled burn
• refusing to consider expert’s assertions made in reliance on a manual, the contents of which were not attached to the affidavit nor contained in the record
• expert’s assertions regarding contents of a manual that did not appear in the record was without probative value
• expert’s assertions regarding contents of a manual that did not appear in the record was without probative value
• “[a] mere conclusory expert opinion with respect to the existence of gross negligence does not create a jury issue; rather, there must he facts sufficient for a jury to find gross negligence.”
• “[a] mere conclusory expert opinion with respect to the existence of gross negligence does not create a jury issue; rather, there must be facts sufficient for a jury to find gross negligence.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).