Category: Infectious Disease Expert Witness
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Infectious Disease Expert’s Statements on Employer Liability Excluded
Plaintiffs, former employees of a local government public health agency, each filed suit against Rock Island County Health Department (“RICHD”) and Rock Island County, Illinois (“the County”) alleging that their previous employer, RICHD, violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The purported violations stem from their employer’s failure to accommodate their religious…
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Infectious Disease Expert Witness Testimony on “Regulatory Approval of HIV Rapid Test to Screen Blood Donors” Excluded
Mariette Waters was on a cruise ship when she had a medical emergency necessitating a blood transfusion. Since the cruise ship operator did not store blood on the vessel for transfusions, it began to solicit passengers to donate blood via the public announcement system. The cruise operator then screened the potential donors, their donated blood,…
