Category: Public Health Expert Witness
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Public Health Expert Not Allowed to Opine on N95 Respirators
Plaintiff Shonna Hunter brought a religious discrimination claim against her former employer Defendant PeaceHealth. Plaintiff offered the expert testimony of Dr. Michael J. Mina, MD, Ph.D., who opined that PeaceHealth could have accommodated Plaintiff with N95 respirator and “regular testing” in lieu of vaccination. PeaceHealth filed a motion to strike Mina’s testimony as irrelevant and…
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Public Health Expert Was Allowed to Opine on the Quality of Care
This is a securities class action, led by Chicago Laborers’ Pension Fund and New York Hotel Trades Council & Hotel Association of New York City, Inc. Pension Fund (collectively, “Plaintiffs”). Plaintiffs alleged that Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. (“Acadia”) and several of its current and former executives, including David M. Duckworth, Brent Turner, and Joey A.…
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Expert testimony regarding marketing practices of electronic cigarette and vape products passes the Daubert test
The City of Chicago brought an enforcement action against two e-cigarette companies for 700+ illegal sales to minors. Though the Court entered judgment against the companies for the violations, it declined to hold the owner personally liable as an alter ego. It found use of age-verification systems did not constitute an unfair practice under the…
