Tag: Discrimination
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Law And Legal Expert Not Allowed to Opine on Implicit Bias
Plaintiff Amanda Howland brought employment discrimination claims against her former business and romantic partner Christian Kjaer and the company they operated, Ellevet Sciences Inc. Defendants Ellevet Sciences Inc. and Kjaer filed motions in limine seeking to exclude the testimony of Amanda Levine, Esq., PI and Charles H. Heller, Ph.D. Law And Legal Expert Witness Amanda…
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Nursing Expert’s Infection Preventionist Testimony Excluded
Plaintiffs Elizabeth Combs, Thomas Johnston, Kimberly Herechberger and Michelle Boltz brought religious discrimination claims against their former employer PeaceHealth for failure to accommodate their religious beliefs in opposition to COVID-19 vaccination. In addition to bringing a religious discrimination claim, Boltz brought a disability discrimination claim against PeaceHealth for failure to accommodate her disability under the…
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Psychiatric Expert Was Allowed to Opine on Occupational Experiences
Mamnoon Khan (“Khan” or “Plaintiff”) brought this action against Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. (“Sedgwick”), Kim Hottel (“Hottel”), and Colleen Van Tuyl (“Van Tuyl”) (together, “Defendants”), alleging workplace maltreatment and racial discrimination. Dr. Joshua Kriegel is a board-certified psychiatrist that has been treating Plaintiff since August of 2023. Defendants Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. (“Sedgwick”),…
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Toxicology Expert’s Testimony on Hair Follicle Testing Admitted
Plaintiff Darius Danzy filed this suit against CSX Transportation Inc. in this action under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended (“Title VII”) alleging “unlawful employment practices on the basis of race.” Plaintiff’s claims arise out of a pre-employment drug-screening that Defendant administered to Plaintiff through third party drug testing companies,…
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Internal Medicine Expert’s Testimony About a Reasonable Accommodation Excluded
Plaintiff Taplice Stapleton filed suit against her former employer, PrinceCarpentry, Inc., and individual Defendants Thomas Voss and John Punis. Plaintiff brought claims for unequal pay and disability discrimination. Defendant Prince Carpentry, Inc., is a drywall and carpentry subcontracting company owned by Defendant Thomas Voss. At the time of Plaintiff’s termination she was earning an annual…
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Economics Expert Allowed to Testify Despite Not Considering Job Tenure
Plaintiffs Donrudy Loiseau, Quinton L. Hebron, and Dwayne Small (together, “the Plaintiffs”), brought an individual and class action suit against their former employer, Bozzuto’s Inc., alleging discrimination against black employees with respect to promotions, warehouse position assignments, pay, workplace discipline, and terminations. Plaintiffs retained Dr. David M. Lang “to analyze employment data provided by Bozzuto’s…
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Expert Testimony on Human Resources Practices Limited
Plaintiff Brian Kniffen brought claims against Defendant East Wenatchee Water District under the Washington Law Against Discrimination, the federal Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Washington common law tort of wrongful discharge in violation of public policy. Kniffen was a Utility Field Inspector (“UFI”), and his job consisted, at least in part, of inspecting various…
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Expert Testimony on the Professional Standard of Law Enforcement Officers Excluded
Plaintiff Suzanne Stewart filed a gender discrimination and retaliation suit against the City of Arcola after Mayor Fred Burton terminated Stewart’s employment as “a direct result of policy violations related to insubordination and [her] unprofessionalism.” Plaintiff filed a motion to strike the opinion of Defendant’s expert Michael W. Thaler. Law Enforcement Expert Witness Michael W. Thaler…
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Emergency Medicine Expert Witness’ Opinions on the Safety and Efficacy of the COVID-19 Vaccine Excluded
Plaintiff Shane Goff filed a religious discrimination lawsuit against his former employer, PeaceHealth (Defendant), alleging that PeaceHealth failed to reasonably accommodate his religious opposition to receiving a COVID-19 vaccine. PeaceHealth defended its actions, asserting that it had provided reasonable accommodations and that continuing to employ Goff without vaccination would have created an undue hardship on…
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Court Approves of Economics Expert Witness’ Ex Ante Approach to Damages Calculation
Plaintiffs are a group of current and former KCS employees working as conductors and engineers, collectively referred to as Train, Engine & Yard (“TE&Y”) employees by the parties. They alleged an FMLA (Family and Medical Leave Act) discrimination claim based on KCS’s practice of placing on-call employees at the bottom of job boards (i.e., at…
