Presley Ex Rel. Presley v. Lakewood Engineering & Manufacturing Co.

How courts have described this case

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• concluding trial court did not improperly weigh lack of testing in assessing reliability of expert’s opinions
• affirming the district court's exclusion of expert testimony because the expert \failed to follow . . . the standards he purported to follow\
• affirming summary judgment for the defendant following exclusion of the plaintiffs expert as to causation of fire
• rejecting ″a bright-line rule for testing in fire cases″ and stating that fire expert can in some circumstances ″offer a reliable opinion based upon specific observation and expertise″
• expert opinion inadmissible when proposed expert conducted no tests and did not reliably apply relevant standards in the field
• “NFPA 921 suggests that fire theories involving an appliance be substantiated by testing of exemplar appliances,” although there exists no “bright-line rule” mandating such testing

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