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RIESS v. A.O. SMITH CORP.

No. 87-012.

556 A.2d 68 (1988)

Marc RIESS; Marsha Clarkson v. A.O. SMITH CORP. & White-Rodgers Valve Co. & Pyrofax Gas Corp.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

November 10, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pierson, Affolter & Wadhams, Burlington, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Richard A. Hull and Lisa Chalidze of Dick, Hackel & Hull, Rutland, for defendant-appellant Pyrofax Gas Corp.

Before ALLEN, C.J., PECK, GIBSON and DOOLEY, JJ., and KEYSER, J. (Ret.), Specially Assigned.

DOOLEY, Justice.

This case involves the extent to which V.R.E. 704 authorizes an expert witness to give an opinion on ultimate issues in a negligence case. In holding that the evidence in this case went beyond the limits of that allowable under V.R.E. 704, we reverse the decision to admit the evidence.

Marc Riess and Marsha Clarkson, plaintiffs below and appellees here, owned a house in Middlebury, Vermont. At 4:30 on the morning of January 2, 1982, the house...

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