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Terry Jones v. Lincoln Electric Co., Hobart Brothers Inc., Westinghouse Electric Corp., Airco/the Boc Group, Inc., and Teledyne Industries, Inc.,...
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (1999) | 188 F.3d 709
TL;DR: A welder sued welding rod manufacturers, lost at trial, and appealed. The court affirmed, holding that even if the defendants' expert testimony was improperly admitted, the error was harmless given the overwhelming medical evidence that defeated the plaintiff's causation claim.
Legal Significance: This case illustrates the application of the harmless error doctrine to improperly admitted expert testimony under FRE 702. It also clarifies that perjured testimony, without an additional element of obstruction of justice, is insufficient to support a finding of civil contempt.