Category: Expert Challenges
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Insurance Expert’s Testimony on Overhead and Profit Calculations Admitted
Plaintiff Nirangtar LLC (d/b/a Red Roof Inn Cave City) (“Red Roof”) alleged that a storm caused damage to its property. At the time of the loss, Red Roof had an insurance policy with Defendant Navigators Specialty Insurance Company (“Navigators”). Because Navigators has not paid Red Roof for its claimed losses, Red Roof filed suit in…
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Structural Engineering Expert’s Testimony on Roof Failure Admitted
Plaintiffs Laura Kotelman and Paul Kotelman (the Kotelmans) filed a Complaint against Defendant Farm Bureau Financial Services (Farm Bureau) following a dispute over insurance coverage for residential property roof damage. Farm Bureau moved to exclude the expert testimony of the Kotelmans’ structural engineering expert, Keith Stroh and to strike the rebuttal report of Stroh. Structural…
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Police Practices Expert’s Testimony About Baton Technique Admitted
Plaintiffs Lazendra Collins, Lawrence Teague, and Willie Teague alleged that various officers of the Chicago Police Department (“CPD”) violated the U.S. Constitution and Illinois state law during a confrontation in May 2020. The City identified Paul Amelio as a proposed expert witness on police practices. Amelio, an active-duty CPD officer, serves as “Team Leader” and…
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Legal Expert’s Testimony on Life Insurance Investor Practices Excluded
Stranger originated life insurance (“STOLI”) policies, specifically, “involve speculators collaborating with an individual to obtain a life insurance policy in the name of that individual and then selling some or all of the death benefit payable upon the death of the insured to stranger investors.” On March 3, 2023, Plaintiff Ameritas Life Insurance Corp. (“Ameritas”…
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Construction Expert’s Testimony on Project Delays Admitted
Plaintiff ZP No. 332, LLC hired Defendant Huffman Contractors, Inc. as the general contractor on a real estate development project. Huffman allegedly failed to complete the work adequately, and ZP eventually declared a default on the construction contract. That gave the parties’ surety, Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America, several options under a performance…
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Expert Testimony on the Functions of a County Attorney Admitted
Defendant Howard Keith Hall is the former County Attorney of Pike County, Kentucky. Hall is a current Pike County Circuit Court Judge. The United States charged Hall with two counts of mail fraud and one count of theft of government funds. The charges stem from an alleged scheme in which Hall hired Attorney A1 as…
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Mechanical Engineering Expert Allowed to Opine on Hand Placement
This action arises from an explosion and resulting injuries Dawn Clary incurred while using a Power Quick Pot model Y6D-36 pressure cooker (the “pressure cooker”), marketed and distributed by Defendant Tristar Products, Inc. (“Tristar”). Clary brought this action against Tristar for her injuries from the explosion, alleging defective design, negligence, breach of express warranty, breach…
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Credit Reporting Expert’s Testimony on Emotional Harm Excluded
This case involves alleged violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act. The Plaintiff, Fabian Huizar, claims that Experian Information Solutions repeatedly reported inaccurate information on his credit report relating to a car loan that was the subject of a judgment rendered in state court. Huizar hired experts, Douglas Hollon and Evan Hendricks to help him…
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Automobile Appraisal Expert’s Cost Comparison Approach Deemed Reliable
This action arises from the circumstances surrounding Plaintiff Samuel Holmes’ purchase of a limited-production 2023 Dodge Challenger Black Ghost (“Black Ghost”) from Freedom, a Kentucky LLC that sells and services cars in the Commonwealth. This case involves a mileage dispute over a 2023 Dodge Challenger Black Ghost, a limited-production vehicle only one of 300 produced.…
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Risk Management Expert’s Testimony on the Required Team Composition Excluded
Andre Pauwels, the Plaintiff, filed an unjust enrichment claim against The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation and The Bank of New York Mellon, collectively referred to as “BNYM.” In short, Pauwels, who previously served as a consultant for BNYM, alleged that BNYM was unjustly enriched by its continued use of his “proprietary computational model”—the…
