Tag: Trauma
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Pain Management Expert Witness Permitted to Testify That Plaintiff’s Surgery Addressed His Annular Tear
Plaintiff Matthew Iwaskow was injured in a car accident on December 4, 2015. Iwaskow sought insurance proceeds that he alleged he is entitled to under his policy’s underinsured motorist bodily injury coverage. On November 27, 2023, Safeco filed a Federal Rule of Evidence 702 motion seeking to exclude three opinions of Iwaskow’s retained medical expert, Jeffery Petersohn, namely,…
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Pediatrics Expert Witness’ Psychological Diagnoses of the Three Children Admitted
Respondent traveled with her three minor children, J.H., A.H., and S.H., from Mexico to the United States in 2022. Petitioner sought the return of his minor children to Mexico under the Hague Convention. Respondent called Dr. Minal Giri to testify as an expert witness on July 16 and Dr. Paul Gillingham to testify as an…
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Orthopaedic Surgery Expert Witness’ Testimony about the Severity of the Collision Admitted
A district judge in Nebraska admitted the testimony of an orthopedic spine surgeon despite lacking the required education, training and experience in physics, engineering, accident reconstruction or biomechanics. Plaintiffs, Lisa Rentz Johnson and George Johnson, have brought a personal injury lawsuit involving an accident between two tractor-trailers in a parking lot. Lisa alleged she sustained…
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Psychology Expert Witness Testimony Regarding Trauma Resulting from Alleged Racial Discrimination Limited
Plaintiffs and Proposed Class Representatives Quinton Burns and K.B (collectively “Burns”) brought this action individually and on behalf of all similarly situated Black people against Defendants SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, Inc. and SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, LLC on account of the alleged racial discrimination that they suffered at Defendants’ property, Sesame Place Philadelphia (“Sesame Place”).…
