Tag: Experience
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Consumer Credit Expert Not Allowed to Opine on Policies
Plaintiff Alycia Johns brought this action under the Fair Credit Reporting Act and Fair Debt Collection Practices Act following several years of disputing various tradelines with credit reporting agencies based on her claim of identity theft. Johns relied on her expert, Douglas Hollon, to assert that Nelnet failed to conduct an adequate investigation of the…
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Obstetrics and Gynecology Expert’s Opinion on Amniotic Fluid Embolism Admitted
Mikaznaaz Saiyed tragically passed away after giving birth at Swedish Covenant Hospital. She became unconscious during labor, and the delivery team had to perform an emergency C-section. Before long, she went into cardiac arrest, and the medical team rushed her to the intensive care unit. She passed away a few days later from a rare,…
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Privacy Expert’s Testimony on Alexa Users Limited
This class action lawsuit arises out of Amazon’s practice of using smart-speaker technology (“Alexa”) to surreptitiously: (a) intercept; (b) eavesdrop; (c) record; (d) disclose; or (e) use millions of Americans’ voices and communications, all without their knowledge or consent. Such conduct blatantly violates Washington’s wiretapping law, which applies nationwide to Plaintiffs and all members of…
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Beauty Industry Expert Was Allowed to Opine on Skinnification
Plaintiff Vicious Brands, Inc., doing business as Saints & Sinners, brought this action against Defendants Face Co., LLC, Skin Saint, LLC, and Holly Cutler, alleging that Defendants infringed Plaintiff’s trademark and falsely advertised Defendants’ skincare products. Plaintiff relied in part on an expert declaration of Karen Young, a beauty industry consultant. Defendants challenged the declaration…
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Law And Legal Expert Allowed to Opine on Firm Management
This case features a collapsed Ponzi scheme, more than 200 investor-victims, and a federal equity Receiver. The Receiver sued Baker Donelson law firm and two of its former employees— individuals now with federal criminal convictions—for aiding and abetting, civil conspiracy, and other claims under Mississippi law. She seeks to hold them accountable for “the unsustainable…
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Law And Legal Expert Was Not Allowed to Opine on Notaries
This case features a collapsed Ponzi scheme, more than 200 investor-victims, and a federal equity Receiver. The Receiver sued Baker Donelson law firm and two of its former employees— individuals now with federal criminal convictions—for aiding and abetting, civil conspiracy, and other claims under Mississippi law. She seeks to hold them accountable for “the unsustainable…
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Legal Expert’s Testimony on Life Insurance Investor Practices Excluded
Stranger originated life insurance (“STOLI”) policies, specifically, “involve speculators collaborating with an individual to obtain a life insurance policy in the name of that individual and then selling some or all of the death benefit payable upon the death of the insured to stranger investors.” On March 3, 2023, Plaintiff Ameritas Life Insurance Corp. (“Ameritas”…
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Family Medicine Expert Allowed to Testify Despite Her Lack of Experience in the Correctional Medical Context
This litigation revolves around medical care, and the alleged lack thereof, provided to Plaintiff Peter George Noe between fall 2020 and late 2022, while incarcerated at the United States Penitentiary ADMAX in Florence, Colorado. Defendant filed a motion to exclude the testimony of Plaintiff’s retained expert, Dr. Kimberly A. Cullen, MD, arguing that Cullen does…
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Firearms Expert’s Testimony Excluded Because of His Limited Experience with Machineguns
Defendant Chase Farmer was charged and convicted of multiple firearms offenses in a trial spanning April 29, 2025, to May 6, 2025. Specifically, Defendant was charged with importing, possessing, transporting, and failing to keep proper records for drop-in auto sears (“DIAS”) and Glock switches from Russia, which are machinegun conversion devices regulated as machineguns under…
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Engineering Expert Qualified to Opine on Crossbow Malfunction
Scott and Melanie Campbell (“Plaintiffs”) brought this case against Ravin Crossbows, LLC and Velocity Outdoor Inc. (collectively, “Defendants”). This case arises from personal injuries sustained by Plaintiff Scott Campbell (“Scott”), an experienced hunter. On November 9, 2022, Scott was hunting from a ladder stand using a Ravin 10 Crossbow, manufactured by Ravin Crossbows. He attempted…
