Author: Expert Witness Profiler
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Environmental Engineering Expert Witness’ Testimony About the Source of H2S is Not Fully Admissible
This case concerns the operation of the Jefferson Parish Landfill in Waggaman, Louisiana (the “JPLF”), and the resulting odors emitted from the JPLF between July 1, 2017, and December 31, 2019 (the “relevant time period”). Plaintiffs, who are Jefferson Parish residents, filed several individual lawsuits that were consolidated into a mass action, Addison v. Louisiana…
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Marketing Expert Witness’ Testimony on Statutory Damages Rejected
Plaintiff Amy Lee Sullivan is suing Defendant Flora, Inc. for copyright infringement of 33 illustrations that she created for Flora as part of two advertising campaigns. Sullivan offered the testimony of a financial evaluation expert, Dennis Kleinheinz. Sullivan wanted to present Kleinheinz’s calculations on Flora’s profits but the Court reserved the ruling on Sullivan’s motion…
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Opinions of Walkway Safety Expert Witness on Hazard and Standard of Care Excluded
Plaintiff Logan Demboske (“Demboske”) alleged in this premises liability action that he slipped and fell on or about January 30, 2023, on “a transitory foreign substance.” Demboske has retained David Collette as a walkway expert. In Collette’s expert report, he contended that Demboske slipped and fell on a liquid contaminant on a vinyl floor, coated…
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Court Limited Marketing Expert Witness’ Testimony Based on Surveys Focusing on Products and Intellectual Properties
Plaintiff, Hawaii Foodservice Alliance alleged that Defendant Meadow Gold Dairies Hawaii, LLC (“MGDH”) used phrasing and imagery suggesting that the Meadow Gold brand products are sourced in Hawai`i, and these activities are misleading and deceptive because the Meadow Gold products contain milk and other products that are imported from the continental United States. Defendants Hollandia…
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Forensic Engineering Expert Witness’ Opinions Admitted as they are Pertinent to the Negligence Inquiry
This matter asrises from a slip and fall incident that occurred on May 10, 2020, at the Smith’s grocery store located at 7130 North Durango Drive in Las Vegas, Nevada. Plaintiff, Sierra Golia-Huffman alleged that she slipped and fell on liquid in the floral department while holding her child. Smith’s has produced surveillance footage indicating…
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Real Estate Appraisal Expert Witness’ Fair Market Value Testimony Admitted
Around 6:00 AM on April 16, 2022, a fire largely destroyed a two-story, wood frame house at 408 Oak St. in Saginaw, Michigan (the “Oak Street House”). Plaintiff Raphael Arnett owned the house, and Defendant Allstate Vehicle and Property Insurance Co. insured it. Two days after the fire, Plaintiff filed a claim with Defendant, seeking…
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Accounting Expert Witness’ Report Indicated Missing Data Points
Between 1983 and 1986, MSI, a music company solely owned by Nealy, engaged a number of recording artists and created a catalog of popular sound recordings and musical compositions. MSI was administratively dissolved in 1986, and Nealy was arrested and later sentenced to a twenty (20) year prison term in late 1988. During Nealy’s first…
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Pensions Expert Witness’ Testimony on Benefits under ERISA’s Accrual Rules Admitted
Plaintiffs bring this suit under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). ERISA’s central object is to “protect employees’ justified expectations of receiving the benefits their employers promise them.” This case centers on the Coastal Transition Benefit, a benefit formula that originated in the Coastal Plan and that, through a series of corporate transactions, now…
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Toxicology Expert Witness’ Testimony Regarding the Plaintiff’s Blood Alcohol Content Admitted
Plaintiff Sandra Corbin filed a civil rights action against the Defendants Bill Prummell, Jr., as sheriff of the Charlotte County, David Gensimore, and Aaron Williams as a result of Corbin sustaining a fractured leg, and a litany of related and subsequent damages due to excessive force employed by Williams. On November 29, 2019, at around…
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Forensic Expert Witness’ Testimony About Use of Deadly Force Admitted
In November 2020, Defendant and another deputy were attempting to serve felony arrest warrants on Jacob Settle and Sophronia Whitehead at their residence. When the deputies arrived, Settle was in the driver’s seat of a truck. Settle did not comply with the deputies’ commands to exit the truck, and he started the truck and took…
