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ATAS/117/2007 • CJ GE ATAS/117/2007 Généré par l'IA

Product Liability Expert Testimony Exclusion Reversed

Numéro de cause ATAS/117/2007
Autorité / Tribunal
Juridiction Suisse · Canton de Genève (CH-GE)
Date de la décision
Issue du litige Partiellement admis (Partially Allowed)
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The appellate court reviewed decisions that excluded certain expert testimony in two separate cases involving product liability claims against a manufacturer, finding that the exclusion in both instances was an abuse of discretion because the expert testimony, which addressed alternative designs and warnings, was sufficiently reliable and relevant under the governing standard. In the first matter, the trial court erred by excluding testimony regarding a safer, economically feasible alternative design and adequate warnings, as the expert provided a non-speculative basis for the opinions, and in the second, the exclusion of testimony regarding a non-hazardous alternative design was similarly erroneous because the expert adequately established the feasibility of the proposed modification.

Regeste Legislator

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Art. 66 al. 1 LTF, Art. 64 LTF; Product Liability Expert Testimony Exclusion Reversed: In the first matter, the trial court erred by excluding testimony regarding a safer, economically feasible alternative design and adequate warnings, as the expert provided a non-speculative basis for the opinions, and in the second, the exclusion of testimony regarding a non-hazardous alternative design was similarly erroneous because the expert adequately established the feasibility of the proposed modification.

Mots-clés

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responsabilité du fait des produits surexpertise cas d'exclusion dépositions contradictoires exclusion de garantie indemnité d'expert

Dispositions légales citées

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Art. 66 al. 1 LTF
Applied for the allocation of costs to the respondent.
Art. 64 LTF
Applied for the granting of legal aid to the appellant.
Généré par l'IA
A/914/2006
Expert Testimony Admissibility in Product Liability Causation Dispute
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Equipment Malfunction and Expert Testimony on Design Defect
A/4209/2005
Subsequent Remedial Measures and Expert Testimony Admissibility
C/27445/2019
Maternal Medication Injury Case: Conflation of Witness and Expert Testimony Admissibility and Procedural Defects
A/3321/2006
Product Liability Appeals: Design Defect, Causation, and Evidentiary Standards

Questions juridiques clés extraites par Legislator

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Art. 66 al. 1 LTF

Applied for the allocation of costs to the respondent.

Art. 64 LTF

Applied for the granting of legal aid to the appellant.

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