Tag: Reliable
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Cybersecurity Expert Not Allowed to Opine on ADA Compliance Requirements
In May 2025, Plaintiff Richard Paul Merrell filed the operative putative class action complaint against Defendant Ralph Lauren Corporation. Plaintiff is visually impaired and legally blind, and he uses screen-reading software to read website content using his computer. Screen-reading software (or a “screen reader”) allows blind and visually impaired users to access websites using a…
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Accounting Expert Allowed to Opine on Net Service Level Payments
Plaintiffs The Avon Company and LG H&H Company, Ltd. (“Avon,” or Plaintiffs) brought this suit against Fareva Morton Grove, Inc. and Fareva S.A. (collectively “Fareva,” or Defendants) for a breach of their long-term Manufacturing and Supply Agreement (the “MSA”). Fareva filed a motion to exclude the testimony of Avon’s two experts, Anthony J. Campanelli and…
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Transportation Engineering Expert Allowed to Opine on Traffic Safety
Plaintiffs Yafeng Zhu and Shuhui Zhang filed this action in March 2024 for damages stemming from a motor vehicle accident that occurred in April 2022. Specifically, Plaintiffs alleged that at approximately 12:21 a.m. on April 1, 2022, Plaintiff Zhu was traveling westbound on a two-lane section of Interstate 70 in Bond County, Illinois, as part…
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Gynecology Expert Not Allowed to Opine on Corporate Intent
In December 2020, Diana Dyer “was surgically implanted with an Aris™ Trans-Obturator Sling System (hereinafter the ‘Aris’), a pelvic mesh product and medical device designed, manufactured, and marketed by Defendants,” which “was intended to treat pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence.” Dyer claimed that she “has suffered, and continues to suffer, debilitating injuries” “as…
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Expert Testimony on Deceptive Charges Excluded
Plaintiff Rickey Martin is a Florida resident who purchased corrective contact lenses from Defendant Lens.com’s website on five separate occasions between January and October, 2021. When making these online purchases, Plaintiff alleged that Lens.com charged him an undisclosed, unreasonable, and unlawful processing fee in violation of Florida’s Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act (the “FUDTPA”).…
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Psychiatry Expert Was Not Allowed to Opine on Life Expectancy
Plaintiff Brigid “Bridie” Farrell alleged that Defendant Gabel groomed and sexually abused her from June 1997 to January 1998, when she was 15 and Gabel was 33. Plaintiff was a competitive short-track speedskater in the 1990s and 2000s. Defendant United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (“USOPC”) filed a motion to exclude the testimony of Plaintiff’s…
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Law And Legal Expert Not Allowed to Opine on the Remodeling Project
This matter arises from damage to Plaintiffs Jacob and Suzanne Kuehn’s home caused by a water loss in December 2023. The Kuehns sued Safeco Insurance Company of America (“Safeco”) alleging breach of contract, violation of the Consumer Protection Act (“CPA”), bad faith, and violation of the Insurance Fair Conduct Act (“IFCA”). In advance of trial,…
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Accounting Expert Was Partly Allowed to Opine on the Business Relationship
This case involves a contract dispute between the Douglas and Amy Mottram and Robert Radke. Prior to 2018, the Mottrams entered into four joint ventures with Radke, in which Radke would buy land in California, on which the Mottrams would construct homes to be resold for mutual profit. Beginning in 2018, the Mottrams and Radke…
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Entertainment Industry Expert Not Allowed to Opine on a Party’s Mental State
In this breach-of-contract suit stemming from an exclusive license to present a live touring show of the popular children’s show, CoComelon, Plaintiff/Counterclaim Defendant CCM Touring LLC and Counterclaim Defendant S2BN Entertainment Corporation (“S2BN”) (collectively, the “CCM Parties”) sought to exclude the opinions and testimony of Eric Grilly and George Wade, experts for Defendant/Counterclaimant Moonbug Entertainment…
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Parking Expert Not Allowed to Opine on Duty to Warn
Plaintiffs Lisa Brun and Daniel Brun ( collectively, “Plaintiffs”) brought this action against Defendants PeakCM Lake Street Hotel, LLP, d/b/a/ Hampton Inn (“Hampton Inn”), the City of St. Albans (“St. Albans”), Integrated Technical Systems, Inc. (“ITS”), Cross Consulting Engineers, P.C. (“Cross”), and Conner Communications, Inc. (“Conner”) ( collectively, “Defendants”) arising out of the injuries Ms.…
