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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Peterson partially grants motions to exclude expert testimony from the Wisconsin-based corn products exporter and the Switzerland-based agrichemical company in the exporter's lawsuit claiming the company negligently approved the sale of a genetically modified corn seed in the United States before China began rejecting products containing a trait in the seed, causing the exporter to sustain $18 million in damages. In part, the exporter's motion is granted such that one of the company's experts is barred from testifying about the economic benefits of the seed or other genetically modified corn and another is barred from testifying about whether China is a key market for corn products. Similarly, the company's motion is partially granted such that the exporter's expert can testify about whether the company's conduct caused the exporter's damages and a ruling is reserved as to whether another can testify about whether the exporter's mitigation steps were "speculative or unreasonable."