A mechanical engineer with experience designing commercial laundry facilities wasn’t qualified to testify in a putative class action alleging design defects in a Frigidaire washing machine encouraged the formation of mold, the Northern District of Ohio ruled Sept. 17 (Huffman v. v. Electrolux Home Prods., Inc., 2015 BL 301694, N.D. Ohio, no. 312-CV-2681, 9/17/15).
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio excluded plaintiffs’ expert Richard J. Hallowell because he never received training or education about the standards governing washing-machine design, consulted with a manufacturer or designer of a washing machine, or designed any component ...
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