Author: Expert Witness Profiler
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Narcotics Expert Was Not Allowed to Opine on the Practice of “Cutting” Drugs
On April 22, 2023, Maxfer Palma was arrested with a man named Keith Tyler-Parker. Tyler-Parker was holding a backpack and satchel that contained drugs, including methamphetamine and fentanyl, drug paraphernalia, and a gun. He made statements to police that supposedly connected Palma to the bags. The government intended to call Special Agent Hakeem Oduniyi to…
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Musicology Expert’s Testimony on Creative Correspondence Excluded
From approximately January 1995 through 1997, Plaintiff Robert Wheeler was in the band “Throwin Stones.” In January 1995, Throwin Stones recorded the songs for its only studio album. One of those songs was called Coffee. He alleged that John Mellencamp’s song Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First) (“Key West”) copied the song Coffee. Plaintiff…
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Product Design Expert Was Allowed to Opine on Athletic Bags
Rebel, a cheerleading apparel brand based in Texas, sells, among other products, a backpack called the “Rebel Dream Bag.” Plaintiff holds a trademark in the Dream Bag’s “two-dimensional hourglass shaped enclosed curved figure double outline design, with an outlined straight rectangular shaped top line and an outlined curved three-fourth rectangular shaped line underneath, both inside…
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Packaging Expert’s Testimony on Storage of Non-Vintage Wines Excluded
Plaintiff April McElroy (“McElroy” or “Plaintiff”) was injured while attempting to open a bottle Mumm Napa Valley Brut Rose, a sparkling wine. The bottle broke causing lacerations to her left hand. McElroy has filed claims for her injuries against Defendants Pernod Ricard USA, Inc. (“Pernod”), Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits LLC, (“Glazer”) and Garfield Beach…
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Architecture Expert Was Not Allowed to Opine on the Mechanism of Injury
On the morning of November 21, 2023, Plaintiff Marie Iddriss (“Plaintiff”) fell down a flight of stairs in a building located at 123 West 20th Street in Manhattan after she exited the elevator on the second floor. Hong Diep Realty Incorporated (“Hong Diep”) was the landlord of the building with contractual responsibility for repairs in…
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Economics Expert Was Allowed to Opine on Kidney Transplant Allocations
Plaintiff Anthony Randall (“Randall”) is an individual residing in Los Angeles, California. Randall identifies as Black. As of the time of the filing of his complaint, he was on the waiting list for a kidney transplant. Defendant United Network for Organ Sharing (“UNOS”) is a private nonprofit organization that manages the national organ transplant waiting…
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Insurance Expert’s Breach-of-Duty Testimony Admitted
On May 19, 2023, Plaintiff John Gianacopoulos filed this action against Defendants Acuity, a mutual insurance company (“Acuity”), and Joyce Jackman & Bell, LLC (“JJB”), concerning a fire that occurred on September 12, 2022, at 1124 Saint Ann Street in Scranton, Pennsylvania (the “Scranton Property”). According to Plaintiff’s expert witness, James Stevenson, JJB breached its…
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Economics Expert Allowed to Opine on Pass-Through Damages Estimates
In this action, the Plaintiffs, the Attorneys General of most of the States and several U.S. territories (“the States”), alleged that twenty-six pharmaceutical companies (“the Defendants”) participated in an overarching conspiracy to fix prices, allocate markets, and rig bids in the sale of generic drugs for skin ailments, and are thus jointly and severally liable…
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Forensic Engineering Expert Allowed to Opine on Tree Impact Damage
This matter arises out of an insurance claim filed by Plaintiffs, Grayson Smithand Savannah Smith, related to a tree impact that caused damage to their property located at 2811 Pebblewood Drive, Valdosta, Georgia 31602 on August 30, 2023. Auto-Owners retained expert Brent Boyd, a forensic engineer, to analyze the damage to the property. Plaintiffs’ arguments…
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Emergency Medicine Expert Was Allowed to Opine on Medical Management
On September 27, 2022, Plaintiffs Aislyn Batista Acevedo, Ina Ruth Kessler Krugman, and minor A.D.S.B. (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) filed the instant suit on behalf of the late David Suárez (“Suárez”) against Ashford Presbyterian Hospital (“Presby”) and various other Defendants (collectively, “Defendants”). From September 29, 2021, until his death on October 23, 2021, Suárez was hospitalized at…
