BREIDOR v. SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO.

No. 82-1291.

722 F.2d 1134 (1983)

Francis and Barbara BREIDOR, Appellants, v. SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO. and Whirlpool Corporation, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided December 9, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard M. Sagot (argued), W. Michael Mulvey, Sagot & Jennings, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellants.

Harry A. Short, Jr. (argued), Liebert, Short, Fitzpatrick & Lavin, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellees.

Before HUNTER, GARTH and BECKER, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

BECKER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal requires us to consider whether the district court's rulings, that restricted direct examination of plaintiffs' expert as to the probable cause of a malfunction in a refrigerator that allegedly caused a fire that destroyed plaintiffs' home, constituted harmful error. Because we find that the court's evidentiary rulings were erroneous and harmful within Fed.R.Evid. 103(a), we will reverse and remand...

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