Author: Expert Witness Profiler
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Accounting Expert Allowed to Testify Despite Lacking Forensic Accounting Expertise
This case involves a dispute over the alleged misuse of funds from two New Mexico payday lending businesses, Cashco, Inc. and Budget Payday Loans, L.P. The Light Defendants (John Ernest Light, Tina S. Light, and Investors Services, Inc.) were hired to manage the financial operations of these businesses, including record-keeping and transaction processing. They were…
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Accident Reconstruction Expert Disregards Physical Evidence
William Harrison Sims sustained facial injuries from shrapnel when his BMW’s airbag malfunctioned. He subsequently filed a lawsuit against BMW, claiming negligence and strict product liability. In the legal proceedings, BMW’s accident reconstruction expert, Amanda Duran, P.E., was accused by the Plaintiff of selectively endorsing a defense-favorable theory of the accident without sufficient justification. Defendants…
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Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Expert’s Opinion as to the Permanency of Injuries Excluded
Plaintiff Manuel G. Milan commenced this action against New Jersey Transit Rail Operations, Inc. seeking damages for injuries sustained to his ankle and low back under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act. Defendant challenged the expert medical opinions of Dr. Aaron Bellew, DPM and Dr. Jason Smith, M.D. Bellew and Smith offered testimony as to the Plaintiff’s…
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Fire Investigation Expert’s Testimony is Crucial to Establishing the Defendants’ Alleged Negligence
Cindy Jostworth’s insurance carrier, American Strategic Insurance Corp. (ASIC), has filed a negligence claim against Craig and Elizabeth Meyer. ASIC, acting under its right of subrogation, asserted that the Meyers’ negligent burning of yard waste and debris resulted in a fire that spread and destroyed Jostworth’s residential property at 5558 Silverpoint Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio. Plaintiff’s…
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Real Estate Expert’s Use of the Sales Comparison Approach is Permissible
Residents near a biomass power plant in Madison County, Georgia, owned and operated by the defendants, allege that the plant’s noise, vibrations, light, smoke, and soot are negatively impacting their property values. They have filed nuisance and negligence claims. The Defendants are challenging the admissibility of the Plaintiffs’ expert witness, real estate appraiser Kenneth Cantrell,…
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Algorithmic Trading Expert’s Opinion is Irrelevant to Establishing Pretext under Title VII
Zongzong (Nicole) Tao has filed a lawsuit against her former employer, Simplex Investments, LLC, alleging discrimination based on gender and race/national origin, in violation of Title VII and the Illinois Human Rights Act. Simplex is a proprietary trading firm that employs algorithmic high frequency trading strategies to make profits from trading futures and equity options.…
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Human Factors Expert Lacks Expertise in the Context of Officer-Involved Shooting
Essentially, this case involves a civil rights and state tort claim stemming from the fatal shooting of Mickel Lewis, Sr., by Kern County Sheriff Deputy Jason Ayala on October 2, 2020. Therefore, the central legal question is whether Deputy Ayala’s use of deadly force was justified. Consequently, the Plaintiffs have filed a motion to exclude…
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Pricing Expert Witnesses Are Qualified to Opine on the Grading Card Industry
This case arises out of an alleged misrepresentation about whether a 2009 Steph Curry trading card (the “Curry Card”) was physically altered at the time Beckett examined and graded the card. Alt claims that Beckett negligently misrepresented the status of the card by assigning it a grade that did not reflect the alteration. Alt retained…
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Transportation Engineering Expert May Testify Only About the Standard of Care Required of a Train Operator
On January 4, 2023, 74-year-old Bonnie Thurston, accompanied by her grandchildren, Hailey and Roger Thurston, was riding a WMATA Metrorail train to Reagan National Airport. The train halted before reaching the station platform. Without any announcement of arrival or door opening, Thurston, observing the platform, stood up without holding onto any train supports. The train…
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Accounting Expert’s Reliance upon a Disputed Fact does not Equate to Insufficient Facts
In a recent legal battle between Mo Pow and Crypto, the spotlight has fallen sharply on expert testimony, specifically the lost profits analysis provided by Mo Pow 4’s expert, David A. Hall. This case, fundamentally about two failed digital currency mining agreements, has turned into a fascinating examination of expert witness reliability and the challenges…
