Tag: Rural
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Compliance Expert’s Testimony on the Hallmarks of a Pill Mill Excluded
Defendant Heather Marks, a nurse practitioner, is charged in a Superseding Indictment with distributing and conspiring (with her former co-defendant, Hemal Mehta, M.D.) to distribute Schedule II controlled substances outside the usual course of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose. The Defendant also sought to introduce the testimony of Michael W. Staples, CMBI, as…
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Construction Expert Witness Allowed to Opine on the Reasonableness of the Use of Xactimate
In November 2021, a fire caused severe damage to the home of Michael and Alexis Wright, located in Goldendale, Washington, a rural area about 70 miles from Yakima, Washington. The Wrights filed a claim with their insurer, State Farm, which immediately confirmed coverage. In January 2022, the adjuster assigned to the Wrights’ file, Timothy Treat, finalized…
