Category: Accident Reconstruction Expert Witness
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Accident Reconstruction Expert Witness’ Opinion Regarding Alcohol as a Possible Cause of the Collision Excluded
The dispute in this matter arose from a collision that occurred in Greene County, Tennessee on May 25, 2021, at or around 2:45 p.m., involving two tractor trailers and a service vehicle. At the same time that Darryl Jerome Packer was attempting to re-enter the right lane of travel, Ronald Forsyth was driving his truck…
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Accident Reconstruction Expert Witness’ Supplemental Report Correcting Mathematical Errors Admitted
Plaintiff Kimberly Allcorn filed a lawsuit to recover damages for injuries from a collision with a tractor-trailer. Defendant Kay Beach, driving the tractor-trailer, worked for Western Flyer Express, LLC at the time. Both vehicles traveled northbound on a four-lane highway with a 65-mph speed limit. Allcorn was in the right lane ahead of Beach, who…
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Court Rejects Accident Reconstruction Expert Witness’ Attempt to Springboard OSHA Regulations Outside of the Work Environment
On September 19th, 2021, Co-Plaintiff Cándida Cabrera visited the restaurant called Romano’s Macaroni Grill, located at Las Catalinas Mall in Caguas, Puerto Rico. At a certain point, Co-Plaintiff Cándida Cabrera was in the process of exiting the seating booth, and one of her feet slightly tripped on one of the spikes under the table. Given…
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Accident Reconstruction Expert Witness’ Testimony Admitted Despite His Failure to Visit the Accident Scene
Sheila Harper’s vehicle was struck by a Ford F-350 driven by Michael LaBeau at an intersection on the Naval Construction Battalion Center in Gulfport, Mississippi on August 10, 2021. Michael LaBeau was acting within the course and scope of his employment with the United States Navy when the accident took place. Harper filed an administrative complaint under the Federal…
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Forensic Psychiatry Expert Witness’ Report on Plaintiff’s Mental Health Admitted
On a foggy night in November 2015, Plaintiff Kedron Gaston, a minor at the time, was heavily injured in a car accident. The car, driven by her aunt, collided with the back of a semi-truck, resulting in her aunt’s death. The Plaintiff’s mother, seated in the front passenger position, suffered severe injuries that made her…
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Accident Reconstruction Expert Barred From Testifying Due to Surprise Opinions
Elmedin Tinjak has been a life-long cyclist. On June 20, 2020, the carbon fiber fork of his brand-new Bianchi bicycle failed, causing him to crash face-first on the pavement. Tinjak was taken to Riverside Methodist Hospital, where he was treated for a concussion, chest contusions, a fractured vertebra, and multiple complex facial lacerations. The injuries…
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Accident Reconstruction Expert Witness’ Testimony Admitted Because He Relied on Peer-Reviewed Studies
This is an automobile negligence case alleging that the Plaintiffs, Fred Young and Jeff Firman were permanently injured in a rear-end collision by an employee of the Defendant, Panera, LLC. The Defendant has retained and plans to call biomechanical engineer Ming Xiao, Ph.D., in its case-in-chief. Plaintiffs requested the Court to exclude certain testimony of…
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Testimony by Accident Reconstruction Expert Witness Regarding Missouri Statute Violation Limited
A district judge in Missouri partly excluded the testimony of an expert accident reconstructionist retained to opine on the safety of the crossing. The case began with a train-vehicle collision near Mineral Point, Missouri, on August 19, 2019. Anthony Courtois drove a 2007 Freightliner dump truck westward toward North Oak Road’s railroad crossing. As he…
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Accident Reconstruction Expert Witness’ Testimony Admitted despite his Alleged Disregard of the Evidence
This Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) case arises out of an accident that occurred on January 5, 2021 between Plaintiff Avery Stinson and a U.S. Postal Service tractor-trailer driven by Stewart Henry. When the accident occurred, Plaintiff was operating a bicycle on a sidewalk and attempting to cross an intersection. At the same time, a…
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Court limits certain conclusions of Accident Reconstruction Expert Witness deemed “unsupported” and “misleading”
This case arose from a motor vehicle accident on Interstate 55 in Scott County, Missouri. Plaintiffs Benjamin Behel, David Wallace, and Joye Wallace filed a lawsuit against Defendants Berney Wescott, Heritage Transport LLC, Bobby James, and Tracy Reynolds for damages sustained in the accident. Behel was driving southbound in the right lane with an attached…
