TAMRAZ v. LINCOLN ELEC. CO.

Nos. 08-4015, 08-4016.

620 F.3d 665 (2010)

Jeff TAMRAZ; Terry Tamraz, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. LINCOLN ELECTRIC COMPANY; Hobart Brothers Company; ESAB Group, Inc. (08-4015); TDY Industries, Inc. (08-4016), Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: September 8, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Stephen J. Harburg , Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Paul Michael De Marco , Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley Co., L.P.A., Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Stephen J. Harburg , John H. Beisner , Jessica D. Miller , Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Washington, D.C., Jonathan D. Hacker , O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, D.C., Irene C. Keyse-Walker , Joseph J. Morford , Tucker Ellis & West LLP, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellants. John R. Climaco , John A. Peca, Jr. , Dawn M. Chmielewski , Patricia M. Ritzert , Climaco, Wilcox, Peca, Tarantino & Garofoli Co., LPA, Cleveland, Ohio, Eric C. Wiedemer , Kelley & Ferraro LLP, Cleveland, Ohio, Elizabeth J. Cabraser , Robert Nelson , Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, San Francisco, California, for Appellees.

SUTTON, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which REEVES, D.J., joined. MARTIN, J. (pp. 678-85), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.


OPINION

SUTTON, Circuit Judge.

At issue in this case is the often-elusive line between admissible opinion and inadmissible speculation under Rule 702 of the Federal Rules of Evidence and Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 509 U.S. 579, 113 S.Ct. 2786, 125 L.Ed.2d 469 (1993). Several manufacturers of welding supplies appeal a $20.5 million jury verdict based on a doctor's testimony that their products...

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