033621P.pdf   07/28/2005  Ronald C. Torbit  v.  GACS, Inc.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  03-3621
   Eastern District of Missouri   
   [PUBLISHED] [Bowman, Author, with Melloy and Benton, Circuit 
   Judges] 
   Civil case - Products liability. District court did not abuse its discretion 
   in permitting plaintiff's expert witness to use charts summarizing injuries 
   suffered by other truck drivers while tying and untying vehicles as the 
   ratchet systems involved in those accidents were substantially similar to 
   the system plaintiff was using when he was injured; district court did not 
   err in refusing to submit a comparative-fault instruction based on 
   plaintiff's failure to adhere to training, as the evidence failed to show 
   either that plaintiff had knowledge and appreciation of the danger 
   involved in using the ratchet system in a manner inconsistent with his 
   training or that his use of the system in a manner inconsistent with his 
   training was voluntary and unreasonable; district court did not err in 
   permitting plaintiff to present evidence of loss of future earnings.