Farmer’s Experts Could Not Testify On Mower Hose 
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Published: January 19, 2011
Tags: Justice Donald W. Lemons, Products Liability, Supreme Court of Virginia
A $1.75 million verdict for a 72-year-old farmer who alleged severe injuries when his disc mower exploded and injected burning hydraulic fluid into his hand, is reversed by the Supreme Court of Virginia because the trial court erred in admitting opinion testimony from plaintiff’s two experts on an alleged defect in a hose and on ...
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