prod.liab.rep. (Cch) P 13,686 Mary Hayes, Administrator of the Estate of Robert Hayes, Jr., and Eric Hayes v. Douglas Dynamics, Inc.

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• concluding that the federal rules of evidence regarding expert testimony were not intended \to make summary judgment impossible whenever a party has produced an expert to support its position\
• concluding that an expert’s affidavit must contain more than a “conelusory assertion about ultimate legal issues” to defeat summary judgment
• concluding that an expert's affidavit must contain more than a \conclusory assertion about ultimate legal issues\ to defeat summary judgment
• refusing to “allow the reliance on a bare ultimate expert conclusion to become a free pass to trial”
• affirming denial of relief under Rule 59(e) where the information on which the movant relied was neither unknown nor unavailable when the opposition to summary judgment was filed
• affirming denial of relief under Rule 59(e) where the information on which the movant relied was neither unknown nor unavailable when the opposition to summary judgment was filed

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