Tag: Expert Testimony
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History Expert’s Testimony on Discriminatory Motivations Admitted
For well over a century, the Commonwealth of Virginia has disobeyed a federal law designed to protect the right of former enslaved people to vote. When the United States started to readmit the rebellious slave states after the Civil War, Congress feared that the former Confederate powers would invent new crimes with which they could…
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Petroleum Engineering Expert’s Testimony on Offshore Rig Operations Admitted
This matter concerns an incident aboard the Valaris 144 while the vessel was performing offshore drilling services in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast. Caleb Kittrell worked as a roustabout for Ensco Offshore on board the vessel owned by Rowan Offshore Luxembourg. On December 27, 2023, Kittrell was instructed to disconnect a jet…
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Accounting Expert Was Allowed to Opine on the Lease Auditing Process
600 Cleveland owned a commercial office building located at 600 Cleveland Street, Clearwater, Florida 33601 from September 9, 2013, to April 1, 2024. Bank of America, N.A. (BANA) and 600 Cleveland assumed a lease agreement originally entered into by other parties on December 1, 1986, and both were bound by the agreement. This lawsuit arises…
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Law Enforcement Expert Was Allowed to Opine on Chemical Munitions
Wesley Cotton alleged that on March 19, 2022, an incident occurred on Yard 3C at California State Prison, Corcoran (“CSP-Corcoran”), in which officers deployed multiple chemical agents, including oleoresin capsicum (“OC”), chloroacetophenone (“CN”), chlorobenzalmalononitrile (“CS”) grenades (collectively, “chemical agents”) to stop a fight between third party prisoners. At the time the chemical agents were deployed,…
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Law Enforcement Expert’s Testimony on Workplace Dynamics Admitted
Solangie Acosta was a Muskegon Heights Police Department(“MHPD”) law enforcement officer between 2017 and 2022 who brought nine claims against her former employer, alleging discrimination on the basis of sex, disability status, and an exercise of her worker’s compensation rights. Defendants filed a motion to preclude testimony by Acosta’s expert Wendy Patrick, a former prosecutor…
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Public Relations Expert’s Testimony on Negative Publicity Admitted
This case arises out of the tragic murder of four University of Idaho students in November 2022. Plaintiff Rebecca Scofield is a professor at the University of Idaho. She alleged that, despite never meeting any of these students or being involved with their murders in any way, Defendant Ashley Guillard posted numerous TikTok (and later…
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Mechanical Engineering Expert’s Testimony about the Defective Lawnmower Excluded
Plaintiffs Jaron and Rachel George (“Plaintiffs”) brought this subrogation action against Defendants Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (“SBD”) and MTD Products, Inc. (“MTD”) for strict liability, negligence, and breach of warranty claims based on a riding lawnmower fire resulting in substantial damage to Plaintiffs’ home. Defendants filed a motion in limine to exclude one of…
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Urban Planning Expert Allowed to Opine on Municipal Zoning Practices
This case involves the Fair Housing Act (“FHA”) and Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). Defendant, the City of Springfield, prohibited Plaintiffs from operating a home for residents in recovery from drug or alcohol addiction. Defendant claimed their zoning ordinance prohibited the home from operating in an R-SF Zone because it is a “group home” under…
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Structural Engineering Expert Was Allowed to Opine on the Chimney Collapse
Plaintiff Haverford Square Properties, LLC owned a building in Philadelphia insured by Defendant Trisura Specialty Insurance Company (“the Property”). The Property’s chimney collapsed and Defendant refused to pay Plaintiff’s full claim. Plaintiff then sued Defendant for breach of contract. During the litigation, Plaintiff consulted an expert, Tim Sass, who concluded that all of Plaintiff’s claimed…
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Construction Expert’s Testimony on Insurance Policy Application Excluded
This case arises from an insurance coverage dispute regarding damage to Plaintiff O’Reilly Hotel Partners–Champions Circle, LLC’s (“Plaintiff”) hotel complex in Fort Worth, Texas (the “Property”). The Property consists of various buildings, including a hotel tower, a conference center, and a golf clubhouse. The case involves multiple insurance policies and multiple insurance claims stemming from…
