Tag: Reliable
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Accounting Expert Witness’ Testimony on Firing Personnel and Cutting Costs Post-Closing Admitted
Plaintiffs Weston D. McArtor (“McArtor”) and BEI Services, Inc. (“BEI Services”) (collectively, “Plaintiffs”), brought this civil action against the Defendants Valsoft Corporation Inc. (“Valsoft”) and Aspire USA, LLC dba Aspire Software (“Aspire”) (collectively, “Buyers” or Defendants”). This action involved the sale of Plaintiffs’ business, Nexera, to Defendants. Prior to the acquisition, Nexera was in the business of…
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Design Defect Theories Employed by Mechanical Engineering Expert Witness Deemed Unreliable
On August 23, 2021, Plaintiff Virginia Huss used a Ninja BL660 blender, designed and manufactured by Defendant SharkNinja Operating LLC, to blend a mixture of chocolate chips that she had microwaved for 60 to 90 seconds. After blending, Huss attempted to twist open the blender lid and the lid shot off the blender cup, causing…
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Claimants’ Arguments Address the Weight of the Government’s Experts’ Statements
On March 2, 2022, President Biden instructed the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) to seize the assets of wealthy Russians as part of his administration’s response to the Russian operations in Ukraine. Specifically, the Government sought forfeiture of the M/Y Amadea, International Maritime Organization (“IMO”) No. 1012531, including all fixtures, fittings, manuals, stocks, stores, inventories, and…
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Neurosurgery Expert Witness’ Causation Testimony Regarding Elbow Infection Excluded
On March 19, 2018, Ralph Monte (“Monte”) visited the Defendant Sherwin-Williams Development Corporation’s store at 4473 South Semoran Boulevard in Orlando, Florida. While attempting to negotiate the ramp from the parking lot to the sidewalk, a wheelchair-bound Monte fell and sustained injuries. He claimed that the fall occurred because Defendant negligently maintained the premises and/or…
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Accident Reconstruction Expert Witness’ Testimony Admitted Despite His Failure to Calculate G-Force
On October 24, 2019, William Harrison Sims (Plaintiff) was driving his 2004 BMW 330Ci (the “Vehicle”) in Florida when another vehicle unexpectedly turned left in front of him, causing a minor accident. As a result of the collision, the Vehicle’s front driver-side airbag was signaled to deploy. However, the airbag inflator unexpectedly ruptured and shot…
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Neurology Expert Witness’ Injury Causation Testimony Admitted
Plaintiff, William Harrison Sims’ claims arise out of an October 24, 2019, two-vehicle collision involving Plaintiff, who was operating the 2004 BMW (“Subject BMW”). Tameca Harris-Jackson (“HarrisJackson”) was operating the Hyundai that collided with the Subject BMW. Plaintiff alleges he sustained “severe, permanent, and life-altering injuries” due to the driver-side Takata airbag unexpectedly rupturing and…
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Court Admits Economics Expert Witness’ Analysis of Plaintiff’s Postinjury Economic Capacity in the Absence of the Incident
The present lawsuit involves a tort dispute arising from an incident in which Andrés González-Pérez (“Plaintiff” or “González”) was allegedly injured after he fell from a poorly maintained ladder that provided access to a vessel owned and operated by Harley Marine Financing LLC (“HMF”) and Harley Marine NY, Inc. (“HMNY,” collectively “Defendants” or “Harley Marine”).…
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Neurology Expert Witness Barred from Opining on Effective Communication
Plaintiffs Jennifer Le Pape (“Mother”) and Frederic Le Pape (“Father”) (collectively, “Parents”), on behalf of their child, Alexandre Le Pape (“Alex”), and Alex, individually, (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) bring intentional discrimination claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (“Section 504”) against Defendant Lower Merion School District (the “District”), alleging…
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Court Admits Pediatrics Expert Witness’ Specific Causation Opinion Based on Differential Diagnosis
For over 10 years, Fisher-Price sold a product called the Rock ‘n Play Sleeper (RnP). The Plaintiff, Ameena Brown, argued that the defective design of the RnP was to blame because her infant son, A.B., had died from sleeping in it. The dangers of this inclined sleeper product were widely debated in this case. It…
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Aquatics Expert Witness Barred From Opining On the Pool’s Design
Kyle and Annaleah Justice raised claims of negligence and strict liability against Defendants Bestway (USA), Inc. and Rural King under the Missouri Wrongful Death Statute. Plaintiffs’ claims arose from the drowning death of their minor daughter, E.M.J., in an above-ground pool on August 3, 2019. Plaintiffs designated Dianna Sullivan as an expert regard the impact…
