Category: Metallurgical Engineering Expert Witness
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Metallurgical Engineering Expert Was Not Allowed to Testify About the “Expected” Performance of Golf Clubs
This is a products liability action involving a Callaway Rogue X 5 Iron golf club with a True Temper XP95 shaft that fractured. Plaintiff alleged that the shaft cut his finger and broke his index-finger bone on his right hand. It is undisputed that True Sports manufactured the shaft of the Five Iron. Joseph P. Crosson…
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Mechanical Engineering Expert Witness’ Testimony Excluded Because He Lacks Extensive Experience in Metallurgical Science
This is a products liability case involving an articulating (i.e., multi-position) ladder manufactured by Little Giant Ladder Systems, LLC. On November 10, 2021, Jason Adams fell from a Little Giant ladder and suffered injuries. Adams asserted that he was using the ladder in the usual and ordinary manner when the rung on which he stood…
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Court limits the testimony of Metallurgical Engineering Expert Witness for rendering legal conclusions by stating that certain information was not a trade secret
On March 24, 2021, BPS initiated legal action against Inashco, accusing it of having breached a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) (Claim 1), misappropriation of trade secrets (Claim 2), and unjust enrichment (Claim 3). The first claim alleged that Inashco violated the NDA by using BPS’ confidential information. Similarly, Claim 2 asserted that Inashco had used BPS’…
