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OWENS v. ALLIS-CHALMERS CORP.

Docket No. 61965, (Calendar No. 8).

414 Mich. 413 (1982)

326 N.W.2d 372

OWENS v. ALLIS-CHALMERS CORPORATION

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided November 23, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Goodman, Eden, Millender & Bedrosian (by Robert A. Koory) and Hurwitz & Karp (by Miles A. Hurwitz) for plaintiff.

Garan, Lucow, Miller, Seward, Cooper & Becker, P.C. (by Daniel L. Garan), and Gromek, Bendure & Thomas (by Mark R. Bendure) for defendant.

Amici Curiae:

Clark, Klein & Beaumont (by Dwight H. Vincent, John F. Burns, and James E. Baiers) for Michigan Manufacturers Association.

Faintuck, Shwedel, Wolfram, McDonald & Zipser (by William G. Wolfram) for Michigan Defense Trial Counsel, Inc., and The Association of Defense Trial Counsel.

Schaden & Heldman (by Richard F. Schaden and Victoria C. Heldman) for Michigan Trial Lawyers Association.

Plunkett, Cooney, Rutt, Watters, Stanczyk & Pedersen, P.C. (by Jeannette A. Paskin), and William H. Crabtree, Vice President and General Counsel, and Edward P. Good, Senior Attorney, Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association of the United States, Inc., for Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association of the United States, Inc.

COLEMAN, J.

In this products liability case, plaintiff appeals from a directed verdict granted in the circuit court and affirmed in the Court of Appeals. She argues that the testimony of her expert witness created a question of fact for the jury. We disagree, and affirm the decision of the trial court, but for reasons different from those of the Court of Appeals.

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