Tag: Expert Testimony
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Intellectual Property Expert’s Opinions may Assist the Jury’s Statutory Damages Determination
Plaintiffs manufacture, market, and sell premium, luxury, and sports eyewear products, including Ray-Ban, Oakley, and Costa. Plaintiffs own several trademarks for these various brands in the United States. Defendants own and operate the Beach Blvd. Flea Market (the “Flea Market”), in Jacksonville. This is a contributory trademark infringement case involving the repeated display and sale…
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Data Privacy Expert Has Sufficient Experience in TCPA Compliance and Wrong Number Issues
David Elliot filed a lawsuit against Humana, claiming the company violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) by repeatedly calling him with robocalls even though he wasn’t a customer and had informed them they had the wrong number. Elliot wants to pursue this as a class action, arguing that many others have experienced similar unwanted…
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Forensic Engineering Expert’s Testimony Admitted Despite his Reliance on an Article Written in 2014
This case arises from a fire that occurred on Plaintiff’s Insured’s property, for which Plaintiff alleges the following alternative claims against Defendant: (1) strict product liability; (2) negligence (resulting from product defects); (3) breach of implied warranty of merchantability; and (4) breach of implied warranty of fitness. The most probable ignition source of the fire…
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Emergency Medicine Expert Barred from Offering Legal Conclusions Regarding whether EMTALA was Violated
The present case stems from incidents occurring around 2:00 a.m. on December 18, 2020, when Angela Cleveland arrived at the Emergency Department (ED) entrance of Bienville Medical Center (BMC) with her 29-year-old son, Kedeldric Dontrez Brown. The Plaintiff has brought claims under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), asserting that Brown’s death resulted…
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Orthopedic Surgery Expert’s Testimony will Assist the Court in Determining Questions of Causation
Following the May 3, 2017 motor vehicle accident that is the basis of this legal action, the Plaintiff presented to the emergency department of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital with complaints of neck, back, shoulder, and left knee pain. He was then referred to orthopedist Dr. Steven L. Nehmer for evaluation and treatment of his…
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Nursing Expert’s Testimony Would Not Assist the Jury in Determining Whether the Plaintiff has a Disability
Bernice McLaurin has sued her former employer, the Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) in Jackson, Mississippi, claiming racial discrimination and discrimination based on an unspecified medical disability. McLaurin, an African-American, was hired as a clinical pharmacist at the G.V. Sonny Montgomery Medical Center in Jackson (VAMC) on May 12, 2019, with a one-year probationary period.…
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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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Engineering Expert’s Testimony on the Formation of Black Ice Admitted
In a premises liability lawsuit, Plaintiff Susana Aqueche claimed she was injured after slipping on ice in the parking lot of a Hobby Lobby and is suing SVAP II Pasadena Crossroads, LLC (SVAP), Sterling Retail, Sterling Mid-Atlantic, The Sterling Organization, Paramount Crossroads, Sterling Organizational Systems, and Hobby Lobby. In response, SVAP, Sterling Retail, Sterling Mid-Atlantic,…
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Accounting Expert Allowed to Testify Despite Lacking Forensic Accounting Expertise
This case involves a dispute over the alleged misuse of funds from two New Mexico payday lending businesses, Cashco, Inc. and Budget Payday Loans, L.P. The Light Defendants (John Ernest Light, Tina S. Light, and Investors Services, Inc.) were hired to manage the financial operations of these businesses, including record-keeping and transaction processing. They were…
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Fire Investigation Expert’s Testimony is Crucial to Establishing the Defendants’ Alleged Negligence
Cindy Jostworth’s insurance carrier, American Strategic Insurance Corp. (ASIC), has filed a negligence claim against Craig and Elizabeth Meyer. ASIC, acting under its right of subrogation, asserted that the Meyers’ negligent burning of yard waste and debris resulted in a fire that spread and destroyed Jostworth’s residential property at 5558 Silverpoint Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio. Plaintiff’s…
