Category: Economics Expert Witness
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Economics Expert’s Testimony on Operating System Failures Excluded
It all started when the Plaintiffs, Lance and Kevin McCulloch, purchased Chandler Gas and Store on May 27, 2021. They alleged that the Marathon’s mandated point-of-sale, back-office management system, and computer system (collectively, the “Required Operations System’), which controlled both the gas pumps and registers in the C-store, frequently malfunctioned. The Plaintiffs claimed that they…
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Economics Expert’s Testimony on Lost Earning Potential Admitted
On May 22, 2021, Keith Anderson (“Anderson”) and Lorena McCaigue (“McCaigue”) (“Plaintiffs”) brought this action against Pasadena Police Chief John E. Perez (“Perez”) and the City of Pasadena (“City”). The action arises out of Defendants’ alleged retaliation against Plaintiffs in response to the following actions: (1) bringing a civil action against the City of Pasadena…
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Economics Expert’s Opinion on Copyright Damages Excluded
Plaintiff The Upper Deck Company (“Upper Deck”) sued its former contractor, Ryan Miller (“Miller”), and its competitor, Ravensburger North America Inc. (“Ravensburger”), for claims arising from the alleged copying of Upper Deck’s new trading card game (“TCG”), Rush of Ikorr. Miller filed motions to exclude Plaintiff’s expert witnesses Dr. Roberto J. Cavazos and Dr. Ian Bogost while…
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Economics Expert Allowed to Opine on Stock Inflation
Plaintiffs alleged that Defendants engaged in a scheme to defraud and made numerous materially false and misleading statements and omissions to investors regarding Acadia’s business and operations. Defendants filed a motion to exclude the testimony and opinions of Plaintiff’s expert witness W. Scott Dalrymple. Specifically, Dalrymple was retained to analyze share price inflation and damages associated with Plaintiffs’ allegations. Dalrymple…
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Economics Expert’s Testimony on Loss of Society Excluded
This is a medical negligence case filed by Plaintiff Tanya Soule, as holder of Power of Attorney for Marlene Do, her mother, a currently disabled adult, and Long Do, her husband. Specifically, Plaintiffs alleged that Defendants were negligent in failing to timely diagnose and manage Marelene’s ischemic stroke on December 11, 2019. Subsequently, Defendants Blessing…
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Economics Expert’s Stock Valuation Opinions Admitted
Plaintiffs Thomas O’Keefe, Kenneth Cunningham, Joseph Lewis, Brian Judge, Byounghoon Ahn, Dione Heusel, Betsy Riggs, and Thomas West are former executives and employees of Defendant Smoothie King Franchises, Inc. This action arises out of Defendants’ allegedly wrongful decision to terminatePlaintiffs’ stock options in SK USA, Inc. Plaintiffs engaged expert Craig J. McCann, Ph.D. and CFA,…
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Economics Expert Allowed to Testify Despite Not Considering Job Tenure
Plaintiffs Donrudy Loiseau, Quinton L. Hebron, and Dwayne Small (together, “the Plaintiffs”), brought an individual and class action suit against their former employer, Bozzuto’s Inc., alleging discrimination against black employees with respect to promotions, warehouse position assignments, pay, workplace discipline, and terminations. Plaintiffs retained Dr. David M. Lang “to analyze employment data provided by Bozzuto’s…
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Economics Expert’s Testimony on Prime Enrollments and Cancellations Admitted
The Federal Trade Commission contended that Amazon tricked, coerced, and manipulated consumers into subscribing to Amazon Prime. According to the FTC, this was accomplished by failing to disclose the material terms of the subscription clearly and conspicuously and by failing to obtain the consumers’ informed consent before enrolling them. The FTC also alleged that Amazon…
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Rehabilitation Expert’s Employability Report Partly Admitted
Plaintiff Jean-Claude Franchitti brought retaliation claims against his former employers, Defendants Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. and Cognizant Technology Solutions U.S. Corporation. More specifically, Franchitti alleged that Cognizant terminated his employment because he spoke out against the company’s unlawful efforts to eliminate experienced non-Indian employees in its workforce, questioned the legality of fraudulent visa applications the…
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Economics Expert’s Testimony on Anti-Discounting Policies Admitted
Plaintiffs sued Amazon.com, Inc., claiming that the company violated the Sherman Act. They contended that Amazon denied customers the “benefits of lower prices and fees” that would arise in a competitive market; and they said Amazon did so by imposing on third-party sellers “Most Favored Nation” policies that cause customers to pay supra-competitive prices. Plaintiffs’ economics…
