Opinion ID: 2994396
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Heading: The Accidents

Text: Because this case turns on the reliability of the plaintiffs’ expert witness and not on the nature nor the cause of their injuries, we need not undertake a long discussion dealing with the facts of the plaintiffs’ respective accidents. Suffice it to say, Wendling was transporting empty pallets which were stacked on the forks of the TSP directly in front of the operator’s compartment. As the TSP was traveling along the wire system down a narrow warehouse aisle, a pallet became dislodged, hit the side of the aisle, entered the operator’s compartment, and violently struck Wendling in her abdomen. Bourelle was injured while operating the same TSP that was involved in Wendling’s accident; she was also transporting empty pallets down a narrow warehouse aisle when a pallet entered the operator’s compartment and struck her left knee, necessitating surgery.