NEWMAN v. HY-WAY HEAT SYSTEMS, INC.

No. 85-1766.

789 F.2d 269 (1986)

William G. NEWMAN to his own use and to the use of Employers of Wausau Insurance Company and William G. Newman and Bernice M. Newman, jointly and as Husband and Wife, Bong D. Yang, to his own use and to the use of Employers of Wausau Insurance Company, and Hong Yang, Appellants, v. HY-WAY HEAT SYSTEMS, INC., and Stansteel Corporation, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided February 28, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David N. Kuryk, Lutherville, Md., for appellants Bong D. Yang, et al. Steven T. Cain (Newland H. Bush, Giordano, Bush, Villareale & Vaughan, P.A., Upper Marlboro, Md., on brief), for appellants William G. Newman, et al.

Benjamin R. Goertemiller (James F. Mewborn, Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellee Stansteel Corp.

Stephen B. Caplis (H. Russell Smouse, Kenneth D. Pack, Melnicove, Kaufman, Weiner & Smouse, P.A., Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellee Hy-Way Heat Systems, Inc.

Before RUSSELL and SNEEDEN, Circuit Judges, and SENTELLE, United States District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina, sitting by designation.


SENTELLE, District Judge:

Plaintiffs in this personal injury action appeal from directed verdicts in favor of the defendants on claims of negligence and strict liability, alleging several errors centering around the trial court's striking of the testimony of plaintiffs' sole expert witness and the sufficiency of the evidence with or without that testimony. Finding no merit in any of these assignments, we affirm.

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