Tag: Damages
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“Unexplained” Methodology employed by Accounting Expert Witness passes Daubert Test after Court notes that merits and drawbacks of the Methodology have been discussed
Plaintiffs BRP Colleague Inc. (“BRP Colleague”) and Baldwin Krystyn Sherman Partners, LLC (“BKS”) jointly referred to as “BRP,” had initiated legal proceedings against Defendants Edward (Teddy) Gillen (“Gillen”) and Edgewood Partners Insurance Center Inc. (“EPIC”) concerning Gillen’s prior association with BRP and his subsequent employment with EPIC, a direct competitor of BRP. BRP (together with…
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Damages cannot be awarded for speculative losses; Court limits testimony on lost wages and lost earning capacity of the Plaintiff
Plaintiff John Doe, who was referred to by a pseudonym by the Court, brought an action against the Trustees of Dartmouth College (“Dartmouth”) alleging that Dartmouth had violated Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and had breached a contract by expelling him from Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine. This expulsion followed Dartmouth’s determination…
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Court excludes unreliable pharmacology and neurology expert opinions in product liability case; grants summary judgment
In a lawsuit against Vitamin Shoppe, a man alleged its vitamin supplements containing arsenic and lead caused his peripheral neuropathy. He relied on his treating neurologist and a pharmacist to provide expert opinions on causation. The court excluded both experts, finding their methodologies failed to reliably account for the dosage of toxins consumed. Without admissible…
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Court partly admits the consumer survey research and damages findings presented by the defense experts in trademark infringement suit
In this trademark infringement case over the RED GOLD mark, the court ruled on motions to exclude expert testimony. The Plaintiff, Solid 21, sought to exclude survey findings by the Defendants’ expert Mark Keegan regarding whether consumers identified “red gold” as a brand in ads. The Court denied this motion, finding Keegan qualified and his…
