But What About Plain Pop Tarts?

Some headlines are truly brilliant: "Judge Allows Expert on Pop Tarts to Testify in Flaming Pastry Lawsuit." What's scary is that I actually think I'm going to track down and read the decision...

A federal judge agreed to let an engineer testify in the case of an allegedly flaming toaster snack, concluding that Michael Wald has studied frosted Pop-Tarts and the toaster company’s lawyers will have the opportunity to attack his expert testimony in court to determine if it’s shaky.

Hamilton Beach wanted Mr. Wald kept out of the case, arguing that his pastry testing didn’t measure up to the usual scientific methods, resulting in a conclusion to match Mr. Wald’s defective-toaster theory.

U.S. District Judge Lawrence Kahn disagreed in a decision Wednesday, citing the federal rules on scientific or technical evidence and Supreme Court case law.

The guy studies frosted Pop Tarts. Talk about specialization.