Category: Psychology Expert Witness
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Psychology Expert Witness’ Testimony Regarding Alleged Coercion Admitted
On September 28, 2016, Terence B. Tekoh (“Plaintiff”) brought a suit against the County of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department (“LASD”), LASD Sergeant Dennis Stangeland, LASD Deputy Carlos Vega, and Does 1-10, alleging violations of his civil rights. Dr. Iris Blandon Gitlin (“Dr. Gitlin”) is one of Plaintiff’s designated retained experts and is…
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Psychology Expert Lacks Experience Personally Dealing with Compartment Syndrome
This medical negligence lawsuit stems from injuries Fitzgerald sustained after he allegedly developed compartment syndrome in his right leg while hospitalized at St. Anthony Summit Medical Center (“Summit”) after a snowboarding accident in January 2019. Fitzgerald claimed that the delayed diagnosis and treatment of his compartment syndrome by his healthcare providers, Dr. Xan Courville and…
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Psychology Expert Witness’ Testimony on Plaintiff’s Suicidal Ideation Admitted
Plaintiff was raped in September 2018, when she was a student at Louisiana Tech University. Her attacker—known to her only as “Daniel”—was also a Tech student, having recently transferred from University of Louisiana Lafayette (“UL Lafayette ). At the time, Plaintiff did not know that “Daniel” was a sexual predator who had been reported for…
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Psychology Expert Witness’ Supplemental Report on Complex PTSD Struck as Untimely
Plaintiff Arthur Williams (“Plaintiff”) filed this action against Defendants East Meadow Union Free School District, Matthew Melnick, Scott Eckers, Alisa Baroukh, Eileen Napolitano, Joseph Parisi, Marcee Rubenstein, Melissa Tell, Dr. Kenneth Card, and Dr. Patrick Pizzo (collectively, “Defendants”), alleging discrimination based on race, color, and age, as well as a hostile work environment and retaliatory…
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Psychology Expert Witness’ Opinion on Parental Gatekeeping Excluded Due to Procedural Violations
On October 25, 2024, Petitioner Prasanna Sankaranarayanan filed a petition seeking the return of the parties’ minor son, S.A., to his habitual residence. The petition claims that Respondent Dhivya Sashidhar unlawfully took S.A. from Singapore to the United States on October 14, 2024. On November 1, 2024, Sashidhar was served with the summons and complaint…
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Psychology Expert Witness’ Testimony About the Research on the Reliability of the Field of Firearm and Toolmark Identification Admitted
Defendant Adrian Garcia was charged in a three-count indictment for an alleged carjacking that occurred on May 22, 2022: The Government stated it would present evidence showing the offender possessed a firearm, used it during the carjacking, and discarded it while fleeing. Police later recovered the firearm at the scene. The Government retained firearms and…
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Psychology Expert Witness’ Testimony Admitted Because of His Involvement in a Research Project Related to TMS
Wave Neuroscience alleged that Brain Frequency infringed four patents in this case. The vast majority of claims asserted in this litigation against Brain Frequency are method claims that relate to the performance of a medical procedure by medical practitioners on patients. Defendants claimed that Brain Frequency is immune because it is a “related health care…
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Psychology Expert Witness’ Behavioral Analysis Based on General Cognitive Model Rejected
Plaintiff Matthew Alan Hearn brought certain claims against the Defendants City of Bakersfield, police detective Christian Walter Hernandez V, police sergeant Nathan A. Anderberg, and probation officer S. Jauch, collectively “City Defendants,” and County of Kern, collectively “County Defendants”. He based these claims on their actions during a law enforcement encounter on September 27, 2020,…
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Late Service of Psychology Expert Witness’ Report Might Cause Severe Prejudice
Plaintiff, Rudolph Mills filed this action against Defendant, Steuben Foods, Inc., alleging employment discrimination based on race after numerous complaints about shocking and wildly inappropriate racial slurs used against him by supervisors and managers. Defendants moved, pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 16(f)(1)(C), 26(a)(2)(A), (D), 37(c)(1)(C), for an order striking the expert report of Mark D. Lerner, PhD.…
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Psychology Expert Witness’ Testimony Assessing Causal Factors Leading up to a Suicide Admitted
This case involved various claims arising from the death of SGT, a minor and former student at St. Marys Middle School in the Camden County School District. Plaintiffs alleged SGT died of suicide because of multiple bullying incidents at the school and Defendants’ failures to adequately respond to and address those incidents and asserted claims under…
