Trucking expert witnesses may testify on transportation charges, fuel charges, fuel surcharges, and more. In the news, Valero Energy Corp, Casey’s General Stores Inc., and Wal-Mart have approved a settlement regarding hot fuel. Consumer groups say that when gasoline and diesel fuel expand in warm months, the consumer gets less…
Workers’ compensation plans expert witnesses may write reports and opine on compensation claims, compensation benefits, and employee claims. In the news last month, Dinesh Sethi, owner of DES Staffing Services, was sentenced in Des Moines, IA, to 57 months of imprisonment for his fraudulent scheme to avoid paying $778,940.00 in…
Insurance fraud expert witnesses may testify on health care fraud, insurance claims, medical insurance, and correlated matters. In the news this month, Angela Shae Ellison, 45, was charged in Des Moines, IA, with defrauding Medicaid and health insurers of more than $700,000, for medical services that were never performed. The…
Apartment security expert witness John Harris conducted a forensic evaluation and opined in litigation that resulted in a $20 million award to a female tenant who was raped in her apartment at Promenade Culllen Park in Houston, TX. The jury awarded $7 million for physical pain and mental anguish, $5…
Human resources expert witness Jerry Glass, president of F&H Solutions Group, testified in the American Airlines’ Section 1113 (Rejection of a Collective Bargaining Agreement) hearing in New York. The senior vice president of American Airlines, Jeff Brundage will testify April 26th. T
GenPsych’s engineering expert witness and architecture expert witness will testify before the Lebanon (NJ) Township planning board on a proposed addiction treatment facility. GenPsych provides outpatient psychiatric and substance abuse services. The planned conversion of an office building would be their first residential facility.
Psychopharmacology expert witness Dr. Robert Julien testified in the Marion County Circuit Court (OR) case of Sophia Downing who was found guilty of all charges in a fatal 2010 crash. The jury found her guilty of two counts of first-degree manslaughter and one count each of second-degree assault, driving under…
Health care fraud expert witnesses may write reports and opine on insurance coverage, insurance companies, and associated matters. In the news this week, Peter Enzinger, the former head of a medical supply company, was sentenced in Portland, ME, to 2 1/2 years in prison for health care fraud. Enzinger and…
Patents expert witnesses are qualified to testify on software patents, invention patents, and international patents, as well as related issues. Nicholas Carlson, deputy editor at Business Insider, writes that the U.S. International Trade Commission judges are expected to release findings in Motorola Mobility patent infringement cases against Microsoft Corp. this…
Insurance fraud expert witnesses may consult and testify on insurance claims, the insurance industry, insurance class actions, and associated topics. In the news this week, 16 people in Miami were charged with insurance fraud and grand theft for filing fraudulent personal injury protection insurance claims.