064180P.pdf   08/21/2007  C-Line Farms  v.  CNH America
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  06-4180
   District of Nebraska - Lincoln   
   [PUBLISHED] [Melloy, Author, with Smith and Gruender, Circuit
   Judges
   Civil case - products liability. Claim that plaintiffs' experts used
   improper methodology in reaching their conclusions about the cause of an
   engine failure is rejected, as in the circumstances present in the case -
   partial destruction of the item in issue - observations coupled with
   expertise may form the basis for an admissible expert opinion; while
   plaintiff's expert's trial testimony exceeded the scope of his opinions as
   disclosed prior to trial, the difference was very limited and the district
   court properly addressed the situation by advising the jury of the
   discrepancy and telling them to take the discrepancy into account when
   weighing the expert's testimony and credibility; under Nebraska law,
   plaintiffs produced sufficient evidence that there was an absence of user
   abuse and that the accident was the type of event which would not occur
   in the absence of a product defect; evidence was also sufficient to support
   the jury's verdict against defendant on the theory of strict liability, and
   the district court did not err in submitting the issue to the jury.