Category: Insurance Expert Witness
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Scope of Damages Identified by Insurance Expert Witness Admitted
This suit arises from alleged damage to Plaintiff, Curt Marcantel’s primary residence in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and his ranch in Singer, Louisiana, during Hurricane Laura. At all relevant times the properties were insured under policies issued by State Farm. Plaintiff filed suit in this court on June 6, 2022, alleging that State Farm had not…
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Insurance Expert Witness’ Testimony Admitted Despite Not Being Tied to Covered Loss
A district judge in Texas admitted the insurance expert’s testimony about the cost to repair or replace the damaged areas. This is a commercial property insurance coverage dispute arising from hail and wind damage to Plaintiff’s property located at Midland, Texas. Landmark insured the Property under a commercial policy. Landmark received notice that the Property…
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Insurance Expert Witness’ Ultimate Conclusions about the Defendant’s Conduct Rejected
This matter arises out of a motor vehicle accident (“MVA”) on May 15, 2017, in Denver, Colorado. Plaintiff, Richard Marion Jr was driving a vehicle registered in the State of Nebraska and insured by American Family under a Nebraska family car policy and Umbrella policy (“Policy”) issued to Plaintiff’s parents, Richard and Angela Marion. Marion…
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Insurance Expert Witness’ Opinions About Considering Ten Years’ Worth of Medical Records Rejected
A district judge in Georgia barred certain opinions of an life insurance industry expert because no authority, underwriting or otherwise, was cited in support of such opinions. This case is about whether Pacific Life was entitled to rescind two life insurance policies and deny claims for benefits under them when it learned during the contestable…
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Insurance Expert Witness’ Report on Bad Faith Deemed Inadmissible
A district judge in Texas refused to admit the insurance expert witness’ bad faith report because it failed to explain how exactly the Defendant violated the generally accepted adjusting standards. On February 17, 2021, a Texas winter storm damaged a commercial building owned by Barron. Century insured that building under a surplus lines renewal policy.…
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Insurance Expert Witness’ Testimony Interpreting Contract Language Rejected
A district judge in Indiana held that it did not require an insurance litigation expert’s assistance to interpret contract language considering no party in this case appeared to dispute the actual language of the policy. Plaintiff Brenda Marie Stephens is a real-estate appraiser and is the President of Plaintiff Accent Consulting Group (collectively, “Ms. Stephens”). Ms.…
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Insurance Expert Witness Barred from Testifying as to which Party is at Fault
This case involves an accumulator universal life insurance policy purchased by Dr. Herbert Wiegand in 2000 when he was 82 years old. The insured was his second wife, Jean Wiegand (nee Walters), who was 80 years old at the time. The policy had a face value (death benefit) of $1.4 million and a maturity date…
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Insurance Expert Witness’ Testimony on Legal Parameters for Bad Faith Excluded
This case arises out of a dispute over three separate, consecutive, nonrenewable Short Term Medical (“STM”) insurance plans underwritten by Defendant American Financial Security Life Insurance Company (“AFSLIC” or “American”). The type of STM insurance (also referred to as “short term limited duration insurance” or “STLDI”) at issue here is relatively new, first being authorized…
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Insurance Expert Witness with Commercial and Residential Construction Experience Deemed Qualified to Present Observations of Plaintiff’s Property
The case arises out of a claim for total replacement of a concrete tile roof due to hail damage under a businessowners insurance policy for a dental office at 550 24th Ave. SW in Norman (the “Property”). The hailstorm occurred onApril 28, 2021. Defendant filed a Daubert motion to strike and exclude certain opinions and…
