Tag: Temperature
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Accident Reconstruction Expert Not Allowed to Opine on the Safety of the Seat Heater
Plaintiff Emily LaPrade has paraplegia with limited sensation in her lower body due to a spinal cord injury in 2014. While returning from a camping trip in September 2023, LaPrade rode in the front passenger seat of her family’s 2023 Volkswagen Tiguan. She claimed that she received second-degree burns after she used the vehicle’s seat…
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Engineering Expert’s Use of Manual J Fails Daubert Reliability Test
Plaintiff Sheheryar Ahmad sued Defendant Spinnaker Insurance Co., his insurer, for breach of contract based on Defendant’s refusal to cover damages caused by frozen and burst pipes in Ahmad’s home. The Plaintiff argued that although the insurance policy excluded coverage for damage caused by frozen pipes, his claim qualified for an exception to that exclusion…
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Design Defect Theories Employed by Mechanical Engineering Expert Witness Deemed Unreliable
On August 23, 2021, Plaintiff Virginia Huss used a Ninja BL660 blender, designed and manufactured by Defendant SharkNinja Operating LLC, to blend a mixture of chocolate chips that she had microwaved for 60 to 90 seconds. After blending, Huss attempted to twist open the blender lid and the lid shot off the blender cup, causing…
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Mechanical Engineering Expert Witness Barred From Testifying About the Duties Owed by Plumbers and Landlords
In March of 2008, serious burn injuries were sustained by a very young infant in a whirlpool bathtub in a rental property in Frederick, Maryland. One of the infant’s young siblings (who were ages 4 and 2 at the time) turned on the hot water in the tub while her mother briefly exited the room.…
