Author: Expert Witness Profiler
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Premises Liability Expert Witness’ Testimony Limited due to being based on Observable Contents
In May 2021, Plaintiff Drew Krantz visited Adrien Crastes’ apartment at Lewisburg in Pennsylvania. The Defendant, Market Street Investment Corporation, Inc owned the premises. Krantz and others decided to install a window air conditioning unit in Crastes’ window. But when Krantz tried to open the window, the windowpane broke and fell on his wrist, causing the injury…
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Legal Assertions made by Aviation Expert Witness Rejected Despite his Experience as a Pilot
On June 24, 2023, at approximately 3:08 PM, Colter Bay Rangers were notified “of an illegally landed helicopter at the base of Moran Creek in Moran Bay.” According to the probable cause statement, Rangers G’Sell and Cardenas responded and found “a Eurocopter Helicopter (N708SD) . . . [with] two individuals outside the helicopter.” After contacting…
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Veterinary Expert Witness’ Testimony about Equine Cloning and its Role in the Polo Industry Admitted
This case concerned the unauthorized creation and sale of clones of Plaintiff La Dolfina S.A., LLC and Adolfo Cambiaso’s most important asset: their best and most famous horse, Dolfina Cuartetera (“Cuartetera”). This horse represented the development and foundation of Plaintiffs’ most competitive polo bloodlines and champion horses. Defendant D. Alan Meeker (“Meeker”), Crestview Farm, LLC…
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Wind Speed Opinions of Forensic Engineering Expert Witness Admitted
This case involves an insurance claim regarding a damaged roof on the Minden residence. Plaintiffs, Michael and Theresa Minden (“Plaintiffs”), purchased a newly-constructed home in 2003 in Nevada. Allstate’s policy of insurance insured the property. In September 2019, a wind event occurred resulting in damage to the roof of Plaintiffs’ home but Plaintiffs waited until…
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Biomechanical Engineering Expert Witness fails to provide a “scientific connection” to the issue at bar
On February 7, 2020, Mauricio Gonzalez-Lopez, who was then a 37-year-old employee of V-coin, Inc. (“V-com”), was at V-corn’s warehouse unloading a tractor-trailer owned by Perfect Trading, Inc. (“Perfect Trading”) and operated by its driver, Ding Yi (“Yi”). Defendants Perfect Trading and Yi (“Defendants”) maintained that Yi remained in his truck throughout the entire unloading…
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Podiatry Expert Witness’ Opinions as to the Defendant’s Conduct Admitted
Plaintiff Eric L. Hamilton, an inmate in the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections (“IDOC”), filed this lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §1983 against Defendants Dr. Mohammed Siddiqui, Dr. Stephen Ritz, Mary Jo Zimmer, and Wexford Health Sources, Inc. (“Wexford Defendants”), claiming his constitutional rights were violated while he was incarcerated at Menard Correctional Center. Specifically,…
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Testimony of Life Care Planning Expert Witness Admitted Despite Claims of Rule 26 Deficiencies
The first-party lawsuit originated from a collision involving multiple vehicles on May 2, 2017. Plaintiffs Steve Watkins (“Mr. Watkins”) and Lisa Watkins (“Ms. Watkins”) were traveling in a vehicle in Harris County, Texas, when they were struck from behind and pushed into the vehicle in front of them. They were in the process of taking…
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Testimony of Music Engineering Expert Witness held to be based on Adequate Testing of Accused Products
This case was a patent dispute about electronic drum kits. The patents at issue involved technology that allowed electronic drums and cymbals to mimic the material and sensation of the drums and cymbals on an acoustic drum kit. The Plaintiff, inMusic Brands, Inc. (“inMusic”), sued the Defendant, Roland Corporation (“Roland”), alleging infringement of three of…
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Testimony of Firearms Expert Witness Emphasizing on Manufacturing Mistake Excluded
This product liability lawsuit involves Plaintiff’s use of a single-shot Thompson/Center Encore Pro Hunter rifle with a barrel chambered in .460 S&W caliber. Plaintiff had purchased and installed this new barrel in 2017, and he proceeded to use the rifle without incident for the next four years, firing it on at least thirty separate occasions…
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Fire Investigation Expert Witness Deemed Unqualified to Opine on Candle Design
On October 15, 2015, the Plaintiff ignited a brand new Bath & Body Works 3-wick candle and left it burning on her kitchen counter while she put her son to bed. Within 30 minutes, she asserted that the entire liquid wax pool inside the candle jar caught fire, resulting in a phenomenon known as a…
