prod.liab.rep. (Cch) P 15,525 Juan Jaurequi v. Carter Manufacturing Co., Inc., John Deere Company Deere & Company

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• explaining that “a district court is not obligated to wade through and search the entire record for some specific facts which might support the nonmoving party’s claim” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• noting that where an expert fails to provide a basis for the court to believe his opinions are “anything more than unabashed speculation” such an opinion “flunk[s] the reliability prong of Daubert”
• finding expert’s failure to test utility of proposed alternative design was permissible reason for district court to exclude testimony
• excluding proposed expert testimony on alternative design because of failure to provide basis for belief that opinion was anything more than unabashed speculation
• finding no abuse of discretion in district court’s admission of challenged testimony where experts did not test components at issue
• affirming the exclusion of expert's testimony because expert did not attempt to draw or construct safety device, “much less test its utility as a safety device or its compatibility” with the machine's proper function

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