Opinion ID: 741136
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: applicability of daubert

Text: 13 We need not decide whether Forney's testimony is scientific or technical in nature, and whether Daubert applies, because we find that his testimony does not meet Rule 702's reliability standard.III. BURDEN OF PROOF FOR PRODUCTS LIABILITY CLAIM 14 Appellants' claim that the district court abused its discretion by imposing a burden of proof higher than is required by Arizona law for strict products liability claims is meritless. The district court only required appellants to prove, sufficient to allow a trier of fact to reasonably infer it more probable than not, that the tire was defective and unreasonably dangerous. This is the correct standard of proof. See Dietz v. Waller, 141 Ariz. 107, 685 P.2d 744, 747 (1984); Restatement (Second) of Torts, § 402A (1965). 15 AFFIRMED.