Tag: Scientific
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Psychology Expert Witness’ Testimony About the Research on the Reliability of the Field of Firearm and Toolmark Identification Admitted
Defendant Adrian Garcia was charged in a three-count indictment for an alleged carjacking that occurred on May 22, 2022: The Government stated it would present evidence showing the offender possessed a firearm, used it during the carjacking, and discarded it while fleeing. Police later recovered the firearm at the scene. The Government retained firearms and…
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Toxicology Expert Witness’ Testimony Related to Cannabis and Workplace Deficiencies Admitted
On February 22, 2021, Justin Demary was working for Freedom Trucks of America, LLC (“Freedom Trucks”). He was asked to wash out a tank truck owned by Freedom Trucks. It appears that there is a dispute as to whether Justin was asked to wash the tank truck, or he entered the tank truck of his…
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Mechanical Engineering Expert Witness’ Testimony Excluded Because He Lacks Extensive Experience in Metallurgical Science
This is a products liability case involving an articulating (i.e., multi-position) ladder manufactured by Little Giant Ladder Systems, LLC. On November 10, 2021, Jason Adams fell from a Little Giant ladder and suffered injuries. Adams asserted that he was using the ladder in the usual and ordinary manner when the rung on which he stood…
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Pharmacy Expert Witness’ Testimony Excluded for Rejecting Published, Peer-Reviewed Ranitidine Epidemiology
Plaintiff alleged that his use of the antacid medication Zantac caused him to develop prostate cancer because Zantac’s active ingredient, ranitidine, has been found to degrade N-nitrosodimethylamine (“NDMA”). Brand Defendants’ filed a motion to exclude Plaintiff’s expert Dr. Steven Bird under Daubert. Pharmacy Expert Witness Steven Bird is a lead epidemiologist at the Food and…
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Epidemiology Expert Witness’ General Causation Opinion Rejected
This is a multidistrict litigation (“MDL”) in which over 5,000 individual Plaintiffs allege that they developed Parkinson’s disease because of their exposure to an herbicide, paraquat dichloride (“paraquat”). Paraquat is a restricted-use quaternary ammonium herbicide that is used to control weeds in farming operations and other settings around the United States. Defendants, Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC…
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Insurance Expert Witness with Commercial and Residential Construction Experience Deemed Qualified to Present Observations of Plaintiff’s Property
The case arises out of a claim for total replacement of a concrete tile roof due to hail damage under a businessowners insurance policy for a dental office at 550 24th Ave. SW in Norman (the “Property”). The hailstorm occurred onApril 28, 2021. Defendant filed a Daubert motion to strike and exclude certain opinions and…
