Category: Engineering Expert Witness
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Trucking Expert Not Allowed to Opine on the Trailer Door
This dispute arises from an incident that occurred on February 6, 2021, in which Plaintiff Lee James Barley was injured when he fell while loading his belongings into a trailer. Defendants ArcBest II, Inc. and Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. filed motions to exclude the opinions of Mark Respass, Jeffrey Marksthaler, and Michael Freeman. Trucking…
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Roofing Expert Was Allowed to Opine on the Repairs
Plaintiffs 4612 S. 88th Street, LLC (“4612”), and OO7, LLC (“OO7”) filed their claims alleged in this matter against Tri-State to obtain the replacement cost insurance benefits provided under Tri-State Policy No. ADV 3188538-21 for direct physical damage sustained to the insured premises at 4612 South 88th Street, Omaha, Nebraska (the “4612 Building”) and 8811…
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Civil Engineering Expert Was Not Allowed to Opine on the Cause of Fall
On August 20, 2019, Plaintiff Martin J. Benzing visited a construction site on the Bruckner Expressway. During the visit, he climbed down a ladder and suffered a head injury. This case concerns the cause of Benzing’s injury and which entities bear responsibility for any damages Benzing suffered. Benzing and his wife, Annastacia Benzing, alleged that…
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Engineering Expert was Allowed to Opine on Hurricane Damage
On August 27, 2020, Hurricane Laura made landfall in Southwest Louisiana. In the original complaint, The Pentecostal Church of DeQuincy (“TPCD”) alleged that it sustained damage from the Hurricane, and that Church Mutual has underestimated the cost of repairs. The five (5) buildings considered as “Covered Property” at issue in this litigation are identified as…
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Engineering Expert Was Not Allowed to Opine on the Condition of the Wooden Panel
This is a personal injury case. Plaintiff Amy Manzanares was allegedly injured by a wooden panel in Defendant El Monte Rents, Inc.’s recreational vehicle (“RV”) in November 2023. Defendant filed a motion to exclude Plaintiffs’ expert, Mark Goodson, P.E. Engineering Expert Witness Mark E. Goodson, P.E. is a consulting engineer licensed in electrical and mechanical…
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Engineering Expert Allowed to Opine on Property Damage
Plaintiff R&J Components filed this action for negligence, alleging damage to inventory during roof renovations. Centimark Corporation and SIU Professional Roofing LLC (“Defendants”) sought to exclude Plaintiff’s damages expert, Mikey Minor, under Rule 702 of the Federal Rules of Evidence. Engineering Expert Witness Mikey Minor is a director of consulting and lead consulting engineer with…
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Engineering Expert Barred From Opining on the Sidewalk Condition
In this facially simple premises liability lawsuit, Plaintiff Stephanie Lewis sought to recover damages incurred when she tripped and fell on the front walkway of Samuel B. Heggie, Jr.’s home while she was delivering a pizza in February 2020. Samuel Heggie having died during the pendency of this lawsuit, the Plaintiff now proceeds against the…
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Engineering Expert Was Allowed to Opine on the Ruptured Pipe
Plaintiffs, BME Fire Trucks LLC (“BME”) and 223 Roedel Avenue LLC’s (“Roedel”), brought this action against their insurer, Defendant The Cincinnati Casualty Company (“Cincinnati”), seeking damages caused by a ruptured natural gas pipeline. On October 31, 2022, BME submitted a claim to Cincinnati, and Cincinnati retained Brian Hansen of Northwest Investigative Engineering to inspect the…
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Engineering Expert’s Testimony on the Lack of a Clean-Out Tool Excluded
Plaintiff David Vakili alleged that a snow thrower was defective because its design lacked a simple safety feature—a cleanout tool. To help prove his case, Vakili enlisted the support of Jack Krafchick, P.E., who authored an expert report finding the subject snow thrower defective and the cause of Vakili’s injuries. Defendants MTD Products Inc. and…
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Engineering Expert’s Theory of Damages Excluded
Plaintiff Leflore County Board of Supervisors filed suit against Meritor over a state-approved waste disposal that occurred almost two decades ago. In 2006, Meritor’s predecessor, ArvinMeritor, sent some waste to Plaintiff’s landfill (the “Landfill”) as part of a state-approved cleanup of the Moose Lodge Road Disposal Area (“MLRDA”). And now, almost two decades later,Plaintiff claimed…
