Author: Expert Witness Profiler
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Coal Industry Expert Allowed to Opine on Resale Damages
United Coal Company, LLC (“United Coal”) brought this action against Xcoal Energy and Resources (“Xcoal”), alleging that Xcoal failed to accept delivery of coal under two separate purchase orders. Emily Medine is United Coal’s expert witness on damages. Medine produced an expert report providing initial damages calculations, a rebuttal report responding to Xcoal’s expert, Fran…
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Mechanical Engineering Expert’s Testimony on Vehicle Dynamics Was Not Fully Admitted
Manichanh Sitivong sued the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) for injuries she sustained when her car collided with a car driven by a Federal Bureau of Investigation agent. Sitivong sought to exclude the government’s biomechanical engineering expert, Keith Stolworthy, Ph.D, P.E. Sitivong argued that Stolworthy’s report (1) incorrectly assumed that Sitivong…
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Law and Legal Expert Was Not Allowed to Opine on Alleged Obligations
Plaintiffs are alleged owners of real property containing natural gas who have no leases with EQT covering their interests. Claiming that EQT has produced gas from Plaintiffs’ properties but not paid them for it, Plaintiffs brought this putative class action seeking to recover the alleged non-payment on behalf of all allegedly unpaid tenants-in-common who presently…
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Polymers Expert Not Allowed to Opine on Content of Internal Documents
In December 2020, Diana Dyer “was surgically implanted with an Aris™ Trans-Obturator Sling System (hereinafter the ‘Aris’), a pelvic mesh product and medical device designed, manufactured, and marketed by Defendants,” which “was intended to treat pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence.” Dyer claimed that she “has suffered, and continues to suffer, debilitating injuries” “as…
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Transportation Engineering Expert Allowed to Opine on Traffic Safety
Plaintiffs Yafeng Zhu and Shuhui Zhang filed this action in March 2024 for damages stemming from a motor vehicle accident that occurred in April 2022. Specifically, Plaintiffs alleged that at approximately 12:21 a.m. on April 1, 2022, Plaintiff Zhu was traveling westbound on a two-lane section of Interstate 70 in Bond County, Illinois, as part…
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Environmental Engineering Expert’s Land Use Analysis Excluded
In this water contamination case, Plaintiff Suffolk County Water Authority (“Suffolk”) brought suit against manufacturers Dow Chemical Company (“Dow”) and Vibrantz Corporation (“Ferro”). Suffolk contended that dioxane-stabilized TCA is the source of dioxane contamination in the TCA Claim Wells and offered the opinions of its expert witnesses in support. Dow rebuts this proof through the…
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Veterinary Medicine Expert Allowed to Opine on Sources of Contamination
Plaintiff Kim Gentry trains riders and horses in dressage. This professional negligence case concerns the untimely death of Gentry’s beloved horse, Dantique, and Gentry’s dashed hopes to perpetuate Dantique’s bloodline. Plaintiff retained an equine appraiser, Tanja Schnuderl, as well as a veterinary expert, Robert Boswell. Defendants sought to exclude the testimony of both experts. Equine…
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Gynecology Expert Not Allowed to Opine on Corporate Intent
In December 2020, Diana Dyer “was surgically implanted with an Aris™ Trans-Obturator Sling System (hereinafter the ‘Aris’), a pelvic mesh product and medical device designed, manufactured, and marketed by Defendants,” which “was intended to treat pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence.” Dyer claimed that she “has suffered, and continues to suffer, debilitating injuries” “as…
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Insurance Expert Allowed to Opine on Sales Tax Depreciation Practices
Plaintiffs Melissa Pitkin and Dan Grout own a home together in Healdsburg, California. They hold a homeowner’s insurance policy from State Farm, policy number 57-C4-6752-1 (the “Policy”), which covered certain losses to their home and all of its contents. The Policy included the “main policy form” (FP-7955, CA) as well as a “homeowners endorsement form”…
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Construction Expert Allowed to Opine on the Cause of the Leak
This is a subrogation action resulting from a water loss that occurred in January of 2021 at a single family home located in Cranston, Rhode Island. Defendant filed a motion to prevent one of Plaintiff’s experts—Thomas F. Zarek—from testifying as to the source of the damage at trial. Construction Expert Witness Thomas F. Zarek has…
