Author: Expert Witness Profiler
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Dermatology Expert Not Allowed to Opine on Hair Loss
On January 19, 2023, Plaintiff Tamie Maddox filed her Complaint against Defendant Conopco, Inc. d/b/a Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, alleging that Defendant, a New York corporation with its principal place of business located at 700 Sylvan Avenue, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey 07632, caused Plaintiff to suffer from hair loss after she used Defendant’s…
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Security Expert’s Legal Conclusions Excluded
This case arises from the shooting death of John Fuller, (the “Decedent”), and wounding of DaJohn Foster at the Winbranch Apartment Complex (the “Property”). Plaintiffs assert a premises liability claim based on Defendants’ alleged failure to take adequate steps to protect them from violent crimes committed by third parties not resident at the Property. Defendant…
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Naturopathic Medicine Expert Not Allowed to Opine on the Hospital Management of COVID-19
Plaintiff Vanessa Buss brought a disability accommodation claim against her former employer Defendant PeaceHealth. Buss offered the report of Dr. Colleen Huber, a naturopathic doctor, to support her assertion that PeaceHealth could have accommodated her by offering ivermectin as COVID-19 prophylaxis. PeaceHealth filed a motion to exclude Huber’s testimony because she is unqualified “to render…
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Social Work Expert Was Not Allowed to Opine on Trauma and Mental Health
This matter concerns Claudia Arias’ removal from the University of Washington Tacoma Bachelor of Arts in Social Work (“BASW”) Program. Defendants filed motions to exclude Plaintiff’s expert witnesses Allison Osborne and Merrill A. Cohen. Social Work Expert Witness Allison Osborne, MSW, LICSW, SUDP is a forensic social worker with almost a decade of experience working…
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Expert Was Allowed to Opine on Long-Term Care
Mark McCown was working as a locomotive engineer for Defendant Norfolk Southern Railway Company at the Bulls Gap, Tennessee Rail Yard. McCown was standing on the ballast slope next to the track when the rock he was standing on gave way and McCown fell onto his backside. He immediately experienced pain upon his fall and…
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Construction Expert Allowed to Opine on Causes of Project Delay
P&E is a Kansas-based contractor who entered into a design-build contract with WI RNG Hub North, LLC, for a renewable natural gas production facility in Gillet, Wisconsin (the “Project”) to be completed by February 27, 2023. The Project included construction of two buildings to house process equipment for producing renewable natural gas from dairy cow…
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Flood Expert Was Not Allowed to Opine on the Foreseeability of the Flood
Defendants—Sanford, Sanford Health, and the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society—allegedly owned or operated the Good Samaritan Kissimmee Village (Good Samaritan), a senior-living complex located near Kissimmee, Florida. In 2017, Good Samaritan sustained then-unprecedented flood damage from Hurricane Irma that was purportedly exacerbated by a critical failure of the property’s waste-water treatment facility, resulting in contamination…
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Human Resources Expert Not Allowed to Opine on Employees’ Rights
Plaintiff Toby Pack, a CSX employee, applied for leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) due to chronic kidney stones. Although CSX initially approved Pack’s application, it subsequently charged him with FMLA misuse and terminated him. Pack sued, alleging that CSX fired him in retaliation for his taking FMLA leave. Pack intended to…
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Security Expert Allowed to Opine on Venue Management
On July 30, 2022, Plaintiff Gary Stanhope attended a Luke Bryan concert at the Xfinity Theatre in Hartford, Connecticut with friends. The group stood on the asphalt walkway in the general admission area, between Sections 500 and 600, behind the railing separating the lawn from the reserved seating. At approximately 10:00 P.M., Stanhope was assaulted…
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Fire Investigation Expert Was Not Allowed to Opine on the Grill Installation
This case arises from a fire that occurred on April 13, 2020 at the Nashville home of Ethan and Ashley Colclasure. The Colclasures’ home, at the time, was insured by a policy (“Policy”) issued by Plaintiff Central Mutual Insurance Company (“CMIC”). Pursuant to the terms of the Policy, CMIC paid a substantial sum to the…
