Tag: Disclosure
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Accident Reconstruction Expert Was Not Allowed to Opine on the Maintenance of Gravel Roads
Plaintiff Brooke Mann suffered serious injuries at a music festival in September 2021 when a shuttle tram on which she was riding tipped over on a sloped roadway. The Lost Lands Music Festival takes place each September at Legend Valley, a large outdoor venue near Buckeye Lake and Thornville, Ohio. The multi-day festival is dinosaur-themed…
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Psychology Expert Was Allowed to Opine on Voluntary Adult Sex-Work Subculture
Defendants Brandon Washington and Maria Georgianna Palm are charged with various crimes arising out of their scheme to recruit, entice, harbor, transport, provide, obtain, and maintain vulnerable women, and to perform commercial sex acts for their financial benefit via threats of force, fraud, and coercion. The United States of America filed a motion in limine…
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Construction Expert’s Testimony on Insurance Policy Application Excluded
This case arises from an insurance coverage dispute regarding damage to Plaintiff O’Reilly Hotel Partners–Champions Circle, LLC’s (“Plaintiff”) hotel complex in Fort Worth, Texas (the “Property”). The Property consists of various buildings, including a hotel tower, a conference center, and a golf clubhouse. The case involves multiple insurance policies and multiple insurance claims stemming from…
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Orthopedic Surgery Expert’s Testimony on Physical Injuries Excluded
The instant matter arises out of a power catamaran scenic and snorkel tour that Plaintiffs Candice Myhre and Norman Davidson, IV boarded on May 14, 2021 from Kikiaola Small Boat Harbor. As the vessel began to exit the harbor, it encountered large waves, and Myhre stated that she flew out of her seat, hit her…
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Valuation Expert Allowed to Opine on Economic Damages
In this insurance bad faith case, Plaintiff James Won alleged that State Farm unreasonably denied his claim for business property damage and lost profits resulting from a fire that occurred at Won’s Tapioca Express store in Edmonds, Washington on September 11, 2021. Won disclosed Michael Jack of Soundpoint as a financial expert but the Defendant…
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Nutrition Expert Was Allowed to Opine on the Use of Statutes and Regulations
Plaintiffs are the estates of three decedents, Robert W. Petersen (“Mr. Petersen”), Mary Ann Simons, (“Ms. Simons”) and Charlotte Elaine Guilford (“Ms. Guilford”) (collectively, “Plaintiffs”). Plaintiffs were residents of Canyon Creek, an assisted living facility in Billings, Montana specializing in memory care, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Plaintiffs alleged that Canyon…
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Economics Expert’s Updated Damages Calculations Admitted
Plaintiff Misty Blanchette Porter was previously employed as a physician in the Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (“REI”) Division within Dartmouth Health’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (“OB/GYN”). After Dartmouth Health made the decision to shut down the REI Division entirely and to terminate all three physicians employed therein—including Porter—Porter filed suit against Dartmouth Health citing…
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Expert Testimony on the Functions of a County Attorney Admitted
Defendant Howard Keith Hall is the former County Attorney of Pike County, Kentucky. Hall is a current Pike County Circuit Court Judge. The United States charged Hall with two counts of mail fraud and one count of theft of government funds. The charges stem from an alleged scheme in which Hall hired Attorney A1 as…
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Social Work Expert’s Litigation-Driven Opinions Excluded
Plaintiff Mary Spates (“Plaintiff”) as parent and natural guardian of her minor son, C.M., filed a suit against Defendant Horry County School District (“Defendant” or “School District”), alleging violations of C.M.’s Fourteenth Amendment due process rights. Defendant Horry County School District filed a motion in limine seeking to exclude or limit the testimony of Plaintiff’s treating…
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Safety Expert’s Testimony on Loading Practices Admitted
Marco Antonio Rodriguez and his wife, Rosanna Rodriguez, sued Americold Logistics, LLC and Frez-N-Stor, Inc. seeking damages for injuries he suffered while working at Americold’s facility in La Porte, Texas. In March 2023, Rodriguez was instructed to remove pallets of frozen chicken from a railcar. He alleged that when he entered the car, hundreds of…
