Category: Law Enforcement Expert Witness
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Psychiatry Expert Witness’ Rebuttal Testimony Admitted Despite Claims of Untimely Disclosure
Plaintiff Rebecca Leeper filed a Complaint for Damages against the Defendants, the City of Tacoma and Tel Thompson. The case arose from injuries she sustained in a sexual assault on July 17, 2018. In her Complaint, Leeper alleged that the City had prior knowledge of Thompson’s dangerous conduct, including a documented history of confrontational behavior and inappropriate sexualized…
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Law Enforcement Expert Witness Allowed to Discuss Intoxication’s Impact on the Ability to Communicate
As personal representative to the estate of Joshua Sarrett, Plaintiff Derek Stenson brings federal and state law claims against King County and Jacob Leenstra, a Sherriff’s Deputy, who shot and killed Sarrett on September 19, 2020, while responding to a request for help at Sarrett’s residence. On September 19, 2020, Sarrett’s sisters, Chantal Capps and…
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Law Enforcement Expert Witness’ Testimony on Officers’ Actions Excluded
The present lawsuit revolves around Plaintiff Van Aelsytn’s claims of civil rights violations and malicious prosecution against Defendants Coleman Sparks and Scott Carnes. Both Defendants were officers with the Versailles Police Department and were involved in an investigation that led to domestic violence charges against Van Aelsytn. However, the Plaintiff possessed evidence suggesting his innocence.…
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Law Enforcement Expert Witness Prohibited From Testifying About the Existence of Probable Cause For Arrest
On February 26, 2024, the Defendant David Boruchowitz, a Deputy Sheriff with the Nye County Sheriff’s Office (NCSO), collaborated with Ken Johnson, a former Valley Electric Association (VEA) employee to arrest Angela Evans, the then-CEO of the Valley Electric Association (“VEA”), the entity responsible for providing power to residents of Nye County. Ken Johnson was…
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Law Enforcement Expert Witness Testimony on LAPD’s Compliance with Policies and Procedures Deemed Relevant
This matter involves an incident that occurred on May 29, 2020, while Plaintiff, David Zuniga was present during the George Floyd protests in Grand Park, Downtown Los Angeles. During this time, Zuniga and his experts contended that he was struck with a nonlethal projectile to his head by Defendant Officer Aaron Green. Officer Green, and…
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Law Enforcement Expert Witness is Qualified to Opine On Tactics and Uses of Force Employed by the Police
This matter involves an incident that occurred on May 29, 2020, while Plaintiff, David Zuniga was present during the George Floyd protests in Grand Park, Downtown Los Angeles. During this time, Zuniga and his experts contended that he was struck with a nonlethal projectile to his head by Officer Aaron Green. Officer Green, and the…
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Law Enforcement Expert Witness’ Disclosure Held to be Inadequate
This case deals with the indictment of Derik Carothers. He is charged with three offenses. At Count One, the grand jury charged him with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine base, in the form commonly known as crack, a Schedule II controlled substance. At Count Two, the grand…
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Law Enforcement Expert Witness’ Conclusions Regarding Control Excluded
In the early hours of September 24, 2021, Cedric Lofton was arrested for allegedly battering officers of the Wichita Police Department. WPD determined that, due to his arrest, Lofton needed to be taken into custody. Because Lofton was still a juvenile, he was transported to the Sedgwick County Juvenile Intake and Assessment Center (“JIAC”) for…
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Law Enforcement Expert Witness’ Testimony About Presence of Probable Cause Excluded
This case arose when Defendant Jacob Salamon, a police officer for the City of Loveland, Ohio, arrested Plaintiff Amanda Caton, an off-duty police officer for the City of Cincinnati, Ohio, for operating a vehicle when intoxicated (“OVI”). Plaintiff Patrick Caton, Amanda Caton’s husband and also an off-duty police officer for the City of Cincinnati, was…
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Experts are entitled to a reasonable fee despite objections to the admissibility of their opinions
In February 2016, Plaintiffs-Appellants Scott Miller and Michael Spaulding, two Seattle Police officers, fatally shot Che Andre Taylor, a Black man, as they tried to arrest him. Four days after the shooting, Defendant-Appellee Kshama Sawant, then a member of the Seattle City Council, told a crowd of protestors in front of the Seattle Police Department…
