Tag: Expert Testimony
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Economics Expert Witness’ Testimony Based on Well-Tested Methods for Establishing Classwide Damages Admitted
A district judge in California refused to exclude the testimony of an expert economist despite objections raised against his methods for establishing classwide damages. The expert economist had adequately explained why his damages analysis would provide an accurate and common method to prove classwide damages. The Plaintiff contended that the Defendant Williams-Sonoma, Inc., and its…
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Podiatry Expert Witness’ Testimony Based on a Meaningful Connection between her Experience and the Cause of Injury Admitted
Florida Southern District Court decided that a podiatry expert witness’ causation theory with regard to severe burns was admissible after she compared and contrasted the Plaintiff’s health before and after the incident. This is a negligence action in admiralty for damages the Plaintiff suffered while vacationing aboard the Explorer of The Seas on May 14, 2022. The…
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Product Defect Expert Witness’ Testimony Regarding Vehicle and Equipment Recalls Limited
Plaintiffs, Kevin and Vivian Hoog sought monetary damages following a fire, which they linked to a defective NDR 1292 gas absorption refrigerator (the “Refrigerator”) manufactured by Dometic. The Plaintiffs had the Refrigerator installed as original equipment in Plaintiffs’ 2007 RV, which Plaintiffs purchased from a private party around October 26, 2011. Dometic initiated recalls of select…
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Corporate Law Expert Witness’ Opinions on Ordinary Corporate Behavior Excluded
Plaintiffs, ECB USA, Inc. and Atlantic Ventures Corp. accused Savencia and Zausner, together with other persons and entities, of commiting a series of tortious acts, including, but not limited to, looting the assets of Schratter Foods Incorporated (“Schratter”), then fraudulently inducing Plaintiffs into executing an agreement to purchase all of Schratter’s shares (the “Stock Purchase…
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Film and Movie Production Expert Witness’ Opinion Assists Court by Clarifying Article’s Factual Elements
Plaintiffs Shosh Yonay and Yuval Yonay (collectively “Plaintiffs”) are the widow and son of Ehud Yonay (“Yonay”), the author of a magazine article “Top Guns” (the “Article”) published in California Magazine on April 21, 1983. The Article is an account of the experiences of F-14 pilots and radio intercept officers as they undergo training at…
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Premises Liability Expert Witness’ Testimony Limited due to being based on Observable Contents
In May 2021, Plaintiff Drew Krantz visited Adrien Crastes’ apartment at Lewisburg in Pennsylvania. The Defendant, Market Street Investment Corporation, Inc owned the premises. Krantz and others decided to install a window air conditioning unit in Crastes’ window. But when Krantz tried to open the window, the windowpane broke and fell on his wrist, causing the injury…
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Veterinary Expert Witness’ Testimony about Equine Cloning and its Role in the Polo Industry Admitted
This case concerned the unauthorized creation and sale of clones of Plaintiff La Dolfina S.A., LLC and Adolfo Cambiaso’s most important asset: their best and most famous horse, Dolfina Cuartetera (“Cuartetera”). This horse represented the development and foundation of Plaintiffs’ most competitive polo bloodlines and champion horses. Defendant D. Alan Meeker (“Meeker”), Crestview Farm, LLC…
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Wind Speed Opinions of Forensic Engineering Expert Witness Admitted
This case involves an insurance claim regarding a damaged roof on the Minden residence. Plaintiffs, Michael and Theresa Minden (“Plaintiffs”), purchased a newly-constructed home in 2003 in Nevada. Allstate’s policy of insurance insured the property. In September 2019, a wind event occurred resulting in damage to the roof of Plaintiffs’ home but Plaintiffs waited until…
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Biomechanical Engineering Expert Witness fails to provide a “scientific connection” to the issue at bar
On February 7, 2020, Mauricio Gonzalez-Lopez, who was then a 37-year-old employee of V-coin, Inc. (“V-com”), was at V-corn’s warehouse unloading a tractor-trailer owned by Perfect Trading, Inc. (“Perfect Trading”) and operated by its driver, Ding Yi (“Yi”). Defendants Perfect Trading and Yi (“Defendants”) maintained that Yi remained in his truck throughout the entire unloading…
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Podiatry Expert Witness’ Opinions as to the Defendant’s Conduct Admitted
Plaintiff Eric L. Hamilton, an inmate in the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections (“IDOC”), filed this lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §1983 against Defendants Dr. Mohammed Siddiqui, Dr. Stephen Ritz, Mary Jo Zimmer, and Wexford Health Sources, Inc. (“Wexford Defendants”), claiming his constitutional rights were violated while he was incarcerated at Menard Correctional Center. Specifically,…
