Tag: Truck
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Trucking Expert Witness’ Testimony About Negligent Training Excluded
This action arises out of a motor vehicle accident between an automobile driven by Philnelius Snow and a tractor-trailer owned and operated by Charles Bailey Trucking (“CBT”)and driven by its employee, Travis Hickey. Plaintiff alleged two causes of action against CBT: 1) respondeat superior for the negligence of its employee, and 2) direct claims of negligence against…
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Biomechanical Engineering Expert Witness fails to provide a “scientific connection” to the issue at bar
On February 7, 2020, Mauricio Gonzalez-Lopez, who was then a 37-year-old employee of V-coin, Inc. (“V-com”), was at V-corn’s warehouse unloading a tractor-trailer owned by Perfect Trading, Inc. (“Perfect Trading”) and operated by its driver, Ding Yi (“Yi”). Defendants Perfect Trading and Yi (“Defendants”) maintained that Yi remained in his truck throughout the entire unloading…
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Trucking Expert Witness deemed unqualified to testify about likely cause of tire blowout
Plaintiff, Robin D. Post sued Defendant, Dennis J. Zimmerman following a highway accident on December 23, 2019 when Defendant John H. Kaser, Plaintiff, and Zimmerman—in that order—were traveling eastbound on Highway 24 in Osborne County, Kansas. Plaintiff rode in a Chevrolet Equinox while Defendants Kaser and Zimmerman each drove semi-trucks. The Plaintiff was rear-ended by…
