Category: Expert Challenges
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Education Expert Was Allowed to Opine on the Best Practices for Teaching ESL Students
This is a religious discrimination case arising from Plaintiff Sudoos Hamood’s termination from Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (“ACCESS”). Ms. Hamood, Plaintiff, began working with ACCESS, Defendant, in 2017. In 2021, Ms. Hamood took on a new role at ACCESS and began working as an English teacher during the COVID-19 pandemic. Shortly…
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Accounting Expert’s Lost-Opportunity Testimony Admitted
Plaintiffs Joshua Cane Jellison and Jessica Marie Jellison (collectively “Plaintiffs”) alleged violations of the Pennsylvania Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law, against PHH Mortgage Corporation, the assignee and servicer of their mortgage loan. Plaintiffs claimed that they entered into a COVID-19 forbearance, which caused them to accrue past due payments. According to Plaintiffs, PHH…
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Expert Testimony on Inadequate Cargo Packaging Admitted
This consolidated action concerns damage to two separate cargos of medical imaging devices shipped by air from the United States to China. The cargo at issue in the first-filed action was an MRI machine, while the cargo at issue in the later-filed action consisted of two CT scanners. Plaintiffs Indemnity Insurance Company of North America…
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Insurance Expert Allowed to Opine on Claims Handling
This is an insurance coverage and bad faith action involving a water loss under a homeowners policy. Safeco issued a homeowners policy to Plaintiffs Tessa and Tyrell Bradley for the policy period from September 24, 2022, to September 24, 2023 (the “Policy”). The claim arose in December 2022, when the Bradleys reported that a hot…
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Trademarks Expert Was Allowed to Opine on Protectable Rights
In 2017, twin brothers Michael and David Postar split their interests in Affordable Storage, a self-storage business that they jointly owned and operated for many years. As part of the split, the brothers assigned certain registered trademarks associated with the business to a holding company in which they both own a 50% stake. Michael has…
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Law And Legal Expert’s Industry Standards Opinions Admitted
Plaintiff, Greenwich Insurance Company, is a Delaware-based insurance carrier that issued two excess coverage insurance policies to Mirador Master Association, Inc. (“Mirador Master”), a Miami Beach-based condominium association. The first excess policy was in effect between July 17, 2020, and January 4, 2021, and the second covered the period from February 2, 2021, to July…
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Public Contracts Expert’s Testimony on Property Management Excluded
This action arises from allegations that Fluor Corporation, Inc., and Fluor Intercontinental, Inc. (collectively, “Fluor”), submitted false or misleading information to the United States Government in connection with performance and award-fee determinations under the Logistics Civil Augmentation Program IV (“LOGCAP IV”). Specifically, LOGCAP IV was a multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract administered by the United States Army…
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Employment Expert’s Testimony on the Work Environment Excluded
This case arises from an employment dispute involving Defendant Gannett Co., Inc., doing business as USA Today. Plaintiff Taylor Bailey, a former Gannett employee, asserted claims against Gannett for breach of contract and sex discrimination under Title VII. Bailey retained Chris S. Thrutchley provide expert opinions and testify regarding Plaintiff’s allegations and Defendant’s alleged conduct…
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Law Enforcement Expert’s Testimony on Tunnel Vision Excluded
Eric Kelley contended that he was wrongfully incarcerated for a 1993 murder and robbery for 24 years until DNA testing provided a basis for the trial court to vacate his convictions, and the State declined to retry him, Kelley then sued several members of the Paterson Police Department (“PPD”) who allegedly violated his constitutional rights…
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Finance Expert’s Testimony on Corporate Ethics Excluded
This case arises from Fluor’s performance under LOGCAP IV, Task Order 0005 (“TO5”), under which Fluor provided logistics and support services to U.S. military operations in Afghanistan. As a cost-reimbursable contract, TO5 was subject to oversight by multiple Government entities, including the Defense Contract Management Agency (“DCMA”) and the Defense Contract Audit Agency (“DCAA”). As…
