Category: Vocational Rehabilitation Expert Witness
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Physical Medicine Expert Witness Fails to Consider Alternate Causes
The personal injury case stemmed from a rear-end collision on August 7, 2019. The Plaintiff, Sarah Ann Stratemeyer filed negligence claims against Kyle Thomas Pliler and his employer, Northstar Construction Management Company, Inc., seeking damages for bodily injuries, loss of e arnings, and loss of ability to earn money. At the time of the accident,…
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Vocational Rehabilitation Expert Witness’ Analysis of the Plaintiff’s Earning Potential Rejected
Plaintiff, Alex Mundy, a former graduate student at the University of Wisconsin—Madison, filed this lawsuit against the Board of Regents of the Universities of Wisconsin (the Board of Regents) alleging illegal retaliation in violation of the Rehabilitation Act. Mundy claimed the Board of Regents retaliated against her by refusing to award her a coursework master’s…
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Lost Earning Capacity Opinions of Vocational Rehabilitation Expert Witness Fails to Satisfy Rule 702
A district judge in Colorado limited the opinion of a vocational expert because the injuries were obscure and a loss of future earnings capacity could not be deduced from the same. This case arises from a car accident that occurred on July 7, 2020, between Plaintiff and a person who was operating a commercial semi-truck while…
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Testimony of Vocational Rehabilitation Expert Witness Held to Emphasize on Relevant Factors
Defendant Amazon.com Services, Inc. (“Amazon.com”) initially hired Marcellus McMillian as a seasonal fulfillment associate and then promoted him to fulfillment associate in the make on demand department. Defendants employed him for more than a year, starting on January 11, 2017. McMillian’s back was injured in an unrelated car accident on or around August 3, 2017, and he went on…
