Tag: COVID-19
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Naturopathic Medicine Expert Not Allowed to Opine on the Hospital Management of COVID-19
Plaintiff Vanessa Buss brought a disability accommodation claim against her former employer Defendant PeaceHealth. Buss offered the report of Dr. Colleen Huber, a naturopathic doctor, to support her assertion that PeaceHealth could have accommodated her by offering ivermectin as COVID-19 prophylaxis. PeaceHealth filed a motion to exclude Huber’s testimony because she is unqualified “to render…
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Infectious Disease Expert Was Allowed to Opine on Masking and Testing
Eight former Redmond firefighters sued the City of Redmond (“City”) after being terminated for refusing COVID-19 vaccinations on religious grounds. They argued the City should have let them continue working with masking and testing rather than requiring vaccination. Plaintiffs filed a Daubert motion to exclude the testimony of the City’s expert, Dr. John Lynch. Infectious…
