Case Name: Jesse Cole COCHRAN, Danielle M. Cochran, individually and as next friends and natural guardians of their son, Austin Cochran, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. THE BRINKMANN CORPORATION, Defendant-Third Party-Plaintiff-Appellee, Roy Cochran, Rena Cochran, Third Party-Defendant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-06-09
Citations: 381 F. App'x 968
Docket Number: No. 09-16505
Parties: Jesse Cole COCHRAN, Danielle M. Cochran, individually and as next friends and natural guardians of their son, Austin Cochran, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. THE BRINKMANN CORPORATION, Defendant-Third Party-Plaintiff-Appellee, Roy Cochran, Rena Cochran, Third Party-Defendant.
Judges: Before CARNES, BARKETT and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 381
Pages: 968–969

Head Matter:
Jesse Cole COCHRAN, Danielle M. Cochran, individually and as next friends and natural guardians of their son, Austin Cochran, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. THE BRINKMANN CORPORATION, Defendant-Third Party-Plaintiff-Appellee, Roy Cochran, Rena Cochran, Third Party-Defendant.
No. 09-16505
Non-Argument Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
June 9, 2010.
Before CARNES, BARKETT and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Appellants Jesse Cole Cochran and Danielle M. Cochran appeal the grant of summary judgment in favor of the Brinkmann Corporation on the Cochrans' product liability claim. Appellants also appeal two other decisions of the district court: (1) excluding the late-filed supplemental reports of appellants' expert and (2) ruling the affidavit of another expert, David Bra-ni, to be non-admissible.
We review for abuse of discretion the district court's exclusion of the supplemental reports. Serra Chevrolet, Inc. v. General Motors, Corp., 446 F.3d 1137, 1146-46 (11th Cir.2006). We review the court's determination that the Brani affidavit was not admissible for abuse of discretion as well. GE v. Joiner, 522 U.S. 136, 138-39, 118 S.Ct. 512, 139 L.Ed.2d 508 (1997). Finally, we review the entry of summary judgment de novo. Dietz v. Smithkline Beecham Corp., 598 F.3d 812, 815 (11th Cir.2010).
We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. There was no abuse of discretion in the district court's exclusion of the supplemental reports as they were not timely filed and no adequate reason for the late filing was given. Likewise, there was no abuse of discretion in excluding the Brani affidavit because it was submitted solely to support the claims of the excluded late-filed reports.
Because, as the district court concluded, these two evidentiary rulings left appellants with "no admissible evidence of alternative safer designs for the fryer in this litigation" and "[p]laintiffs have failed to offer reliable, admissible expert testimony or other evidence of an alternative design," we can find no error in the court's entry of summary judgment in favor of defendant Brinkmann Corporation.
AFFIRMED.