Category: Expert Challenges
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Accident Reconstruction Expert Barred From Testifying Due to Surprise Opinions
Elmedin Tinjak has been a life-long cyclist. On June 20, 2020, the carbon fiber fork of his brand-new Bianchi bicycle failed, causing him to crash face-first on the pavement. Tinjak was taken to Riverside Methodist Hospital, where he was treated for a concussion, chest contusions, a fractured vertebra, and multiple complex facial lacerations. The injuries…
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Fire Investigation Expert Witness’ Testimony Regarding Improperly Installed Outlet Cover Admitted
On June 21, 2022, a fire occurred at a residence in Perry Hall, Baltimore County, Maryland owned by Betina Fletcher (“the subject property”). Fletcher had a home insurance policy with USAA, which had been insuring the subject property for “about [seventeen] years.” In 2019, Chase Remodeling, then known as Insulators Home Exteriors, installed new exterior…
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Accounting Expert Witness’ Testimony is Not Relevant to Any Claim for Damages
Defendants Dahv Kliner and Roger Farrow were former employees of JDS Uniphase, Plaintiff Lumentum’s predecessor. They had signed an “Employee Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement” with the company which prohibited them from disclosing JDS Uniphase’s proprietary information to anyone outside the company. Kliner and Farrow left JDS Uniphase in 2012 and 2013, respectively, to join…
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Nursing Expert Witness’ Testimony About the Preventability of Suicides Admitted
In February 2019, Jose Banda Pichardo (“Pichardo”) died by suicide while in custody at the Imperial County Sheriff’s Department Regional Adult Detention Facility (“ICRADF”). California Forensic Medical Group is a medical provider that contracted with Imperial County to provide medical and mental health care to inmates at ICRADF. Pichardo’s parents, Jose Trejo and Susana Banda,…
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Chemical Engineering Expert Witness’ Testimony About the Harms Surrounding PFOA Limited
This case involves a dispute concerning the contamination of the drinking water in Hoosick Falls, New York by perfluorooctanoic acid, a chemical commonly referred to as PFOA. Following multiple settlement agreements with certain Defendants, DuPont is the only remaining Defendant. Plaintiffs alleged that DuPont is liable for producing the PFOA that ultimately contaminated the water…
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Economics Expert Witness’ Opinions of the Purported Economic Loss of Each Plaintiff Admitted
This case arises out of Plaintiffs’ employment with McKesson and their allegation that McKesson discriminated and retaliated against them by denying them religious accommodations to McKesson’s COVID-19 Vaccination Protocol and terminating their employment. Plaintiffs sought damages which, including lost wages, in the form of back pay and front pay, and fringe benefits. Plaintiffs retained Larry…
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Pain Management Expert Witness’ Testimony About Billing for Medical Examinations Admitted
This matter involves the Plaintiff insurers’ claim that Defendants unlawfully billed for medically unnecessary and illusory services, misrepresented the nature and extent of the services, and operated in violation of various laws specific to the healthcare and/or insurance sector. According to the Plaintiff, Titan Defendants agreed to refer patients to the Stein Defendants in exchange…
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Neuropsychology Expert Witness’ Opinion on Future Care Excluded
This matter arises out of a medical malpractice action filed by Plaintiffs Tyler Grenier, individually, and Jenna Grenier, individually and as next friend of J.A.G., a minor, (collectively “Plaintiffs”) against Defendant United States of America (“Defendant”) for alleged medical negligence at Tripler Army Medical Center (“Tripler”) related to the medical care by Defendant’s employees for…
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Economics Expert Witness’ Testimony Admitted Because He Has Researched CON Laws
Charles Slaughter is a licensed physical therapist who owns a physical therapy clinic in Jackson, Mississippi. He brought this constitutional challenge to Mississippi’s Certificate of Need (CON) program because Mississippi has had a moratorium on issuing CONs to new home health care businesses for the past 42 years. This case was initiated in the wake…
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Credit Reporting Expert Witness’ Testimony About Actual Damages Sustained by Plaintiff Excluded
Plaintiff, Noah Ford rented an apartment in Colorado. He signed a Lease Agreement and additional lease documents and moved into the apartment on or about September 3, 2020. On or about July 4, 2021, Ford signed another Lease Agreement and additional lease documents to rent the same apartment for an additional year, for the period…
