Tag: Reliable
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Accounting Experts’ Testimony on Exclusivity Agreement Limited
CellMark brought several claims against Dinah Bowman, Göran Sohl, andFortex Americas, LLC (collectively the “Fortex Defendants”), as well as Rob Webster arising out of the unamicable end of Webster’s employment at CellMark in 2024. Plaintiff CellMark, Inc. retained an expert, Jay Cunningham, to show that itsuffered various economic damages arising from its claims in this…
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Industrial Hygiene Expert’s Contaminated House Theory Admitted
Plaintiff, Edward Montelongo, alleged that he has developed asbestosis due to exposure to asbestos through his work at various facilities, including Avondale Shipyards, Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp., and Shell Oil Company’s Norco and Yscloskey facilities. Defendant Huntington Ingalls Incorporated’s (formerly, “Avondale”) asked the Court to preclude Plaintiff’s industrial hygiene expert, Gerard Baril, from opining…
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Security Expert’s Legal Conclusions Excluded
This case arises from the shooting death of John Fuller, (the “Decedent”), and wounding of DaJohn Foster at the Winbranch Apartment Complex (the “Property”). Plaintiffs assert a premises liability claim based on Defendants’ alleged failure to take adequate steps to protect them from violent crimes committed by third parties not resident at the Property. Defendant…
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Social Work Expert Was Not Allowed to Opine on Trauma and Mental Health
This matter concerns Claudia Arias’ removal from the University of Washington Tacoma Bachelor of Arts in Social Work (“BASW”) Program. Defendants filed motions to exclude Plaintiff’s expert witnesses Allison Osborne and Merrill A. Cohen. Social Work Expert Witness Allison Osborne, MSW, LICSW, SUDP is a forensic social worker with almost a decade of experience working…
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Construction Expert Allowed to Opine on Causes of Project Delay
P&E is a Kansas-based contractor who entered into a design-build contract with WI RNG Hub North, LLC, for a renewable natural gas production facility in Gillet, Wisconsin (the “Project”) to be completed by February 27, 2023. The Project included construction of two buildings to house process equipment for producing renewable natural gas from dairy cow…
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Fire Investigation Expert Was Not Allowed to Opine on the Grill Installation
This case arises from a fire that occurred on April 13, 2020 at the Nashville home of Ethan and Ashley Colclasure. The Colclasures’ home, at the time, was insured by a policy (“Policy”) issued by Plaintiff Central Mutual Insurance Company (“CMIC”). Pursuant to the terms of the Policy, CMIC paid a substantial sum to the…
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Economics Expert Was Allowed to Opine on the Value of Companionship Services
Plaintiff Tabria Montgomery’s father, Michael Montgomery sustained fatal injuries while operating a Bobst Mastercut 145 PER 2.0 Die-Cutter machine. She asserted claims individually on behalf of herself and her father’s estate against Defendant Bobst Group North America, Inc. (“Bobst NA”) for strict products liability, negligence, wrongful death, and survival. Bobst NA filed a motion to…
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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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Biomechanics Expert Allowed to Opine on the Cause of Death
Plaintiff Tabria Montgomery’s father, Michael Montgomery sustained fatal injuries while operating a Bobst Mastercut 145 PER 2.0 Die-Cutter machine. She asserted claims individually on behalf of herself and her father’s estate against Defendant Bobst Group North America, Inc. (“Bobst NA”) for strict products liability, negligence, wrongful death, and survival. Plaintiff sought to exclude the opinions…
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Law Enforcement Expert Allowed to Opine on Massage Business Inspections
Plaintiff Dai Trang Thi Nguyen brought this action against Defendant City of San Jose and Individual Supervisor Defendants Joseph Hatfield and Rachel Roberts alleging that a former City Code Inspector William Gerry sexually assaulted and extorted Plaintiff during his code enforcement inspections of her massage business, and Defendants allowed Gerry’s conduct to occur in deliberate…
