Tag: Disclosures
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Court Accepts the Mortgage Expert’s Opinion on the OPERS’ Primary Fraud Theory
Defendant Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”) offered Dr. Chudozie Okongwu, a mortgage market expert, to discuss the mortgage and subprime markets and the credit crisis between August 1, 2006, and November 20, 2007 (the “Relevant Period”). The lawsuit concerns whether “Freddie Mac concealed its overextension in the nontraditional mortgage market—generally composed of instruments…
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Insurance Expert Witness’ Testimony Excluded Despite Being Crucial to Plaintiff’s Claims
The CLM Trust is the owner of real property including a home and multiple barns located at 25 Cattle Farm Road in Picayune, Mississippi. At all times relevant, these structures were insured under a homeowner’s policy issued by State Farm Fire and Casualty Company. CLM’s lawsuit arises from alleged damages caused by Tropical Storm Claudette…
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Physician’s expert testimony must stay within the ‘reasonable confines’ of their practice area; Court limits the testimony of Internal Medicine Expert Witness regarding the spread of COVID-19
In the case brought by Plaintiff Leonard Roberts against Defendants Philadelphia Express Trust, Hapag-Lloyd USA, LLC, and Marine Transport Management, Leonard Roberts had alleged that he contracted COVID-19 while working as a longshoreman on a vessel with an individual who had tested positive for COVID-19. His Amended Complaint included claims for fraudulent concealment under Georgia…
