Tag: Expertise
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Employee Benefits Expert Allowed to Opine on Benchmarks
Sentara Health (“Sentara”) sponsored the Sentara Health 403(b) Plan (“Plan”) – a defined contribution retirement plan for its employees at its non-profit entities. Like virtually all such plans, it offered an array of investment options from which its employees can choose to invest a portion of their salary and company matching contributions. The Sentara Healthcare…
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Architecture Expert Was Not Allowed to Opine on Toilet Seats
Plaintiff Tony Joyner alleged that on January 19, 2024, he went to a Walmart store located at 8730 Liberty Road, Randallstown, Maryland. While Joyner “was in the process of utilizing the customer restroom facilities . . . the toilet seat disconnected from the toilet bowl, causing him to fall from the toilet, hit his head,…
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Law Enforcement Expert Allowed to Opine on Civilian Participation
This action arises out of the execution of search warrants on three properties owned by one or more of the Plaintiffs, John Andros and his wife, Julie Andros (together the “Androses”), Kings Parkway, LLC d/b/a 67 Motors (“67 Motors”), and Ideal Transport, LLC. The locations searched were the Androses’ home located at 172 Primrose Lane,…
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Anesthesiology Expert Allowed to Opine on Effects of Hypoxia
In this method of execution case, Plaintiff Jeffery Lee challenged theAlabama Department of Corrections’ nitrogen hypoxia protocol. Execution by forced inhalation of nitrogen gas deprives an inmate of oxygen until he suffocates to death. Lee filed a motion to exclude the testimony of State’s expert, Dr. Joseph F. Antognini. Anesthesiology Expert Witness Dr. Joseph F.…
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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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Microbiology Expert Not Allowed to Opine on Performance Ratings
This action arises from Jennifer Hailes’ claim of retaliation for prior EEO protected activity under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Hailes challenged the administrative grant of summary judgment in favor of the VA in EEOC Case No. 532-2023-00016X for Hailes’ claims of retaliation for protected activity in the form of a…
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Animal Behavior Expert Was Not Allowed to Opine on Drug Detection Dogs
Defendant, Jose Ruiz Flores, has been indicted for one count of possession with intent to distribute 28 grams or more of cocaine. The question is whether Officer Eric Rosales had reasonable suspicion to conduct a dog sniff using K9 Sully. Defendant’s expert, James Ha, presented expert testimony related to K9 odor-detection. The government stipulated to…
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Event Management Expert’s Use-of-Force Opinions Excluded
This dispute stems from a February 08, 2017 incident in which MSG security guards and New York City Police Department officers forcibly removed Charles Oakley from a New York Knicks basketball game at Madison Square Garden. Defendants MSG Networks, Inc., Madison Square Garden Sports Corp., and Sphere Entertainment Group, LLC (collectively, “MSG”) filed a motion…
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Psychology Expert Allowed to Opine on Mental Health Needs
Plaintiff William A. White (“White”), a federal inmate, initiated this action alleging nine distinct claims against the United States of America (“United States”) and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (“BOP”) (collectively, the “Federal Defendants”), and two distinct claims against BOP inmate Robert Kenneth Decker (“Decker”). Dr. Richard M. Samuels conducted an independent psychological examination of…
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Logistics Expert’s Fraud-Related Opinions Excluded
This is a False Claims Act action arising from Defendants Fluor Corporation, Inc. and Fluor Intercontinental, Inc.’s (“Fluor”) performance of logistics and life-support services for the United States military in Afghanistan under the Logistics Civil Augmentation Program IV (“LOGCAP IV”) contract and Task Order 0005 (“TO5”). Relators alleged, among other things, that Fluor knowingly submitted…
