Summary: Law Enforcement Expert Witness testimony allowed despite the plaintiff’s argument that his opinions are biased and that the defendants are lying, which does not support the facts of the case. Facts: This case (Wood v. City of San Antonio et al – United States District Court – Western District…
Summary: Statistics Expert Witness testimony allowed despite the defendant’s argument attacking the expert’s claim rate and its release of an allegedly defective product. Facts: This case (Cone et al v. Sanitarios Lamosa S.A. DE C.V. et al – United States District Court – Eastern District of Texas – March 28th,…
Summary: Human Factors Engineering Expert Witness not allowed to provide testimony as the defendants argued correctly that the expert is a psychologist and human factors expert and not an engineer. Facts: This case (GOMEZ et al v. HARBOR FREIGHT TOOLS USA INC et al – United States District Court –…
Summary: Forensic Accounting Expert Witness testimony is not excluded even though the defendant argued that the expert made assumptions that the plaintiff would work to a specific age. Facts: This case (Kinney v. IBM – United States District Court – Western District of Texas – July 8th, 2022) involves a…
Summary: Oncology Expert Witness testimony granted in part even though the defendant argued that the expert does not have experience in T-32 NIH training grants Facts: This case (DURANDO v. THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA – United States District Court – Eastern District of Pennsylvania – July 6th,…
Summary: Environmental Engineering Expert Witness testimony allowed in part even though the defendants argued that the expert was not qualified to offer an opinion because he is not a licensed chemical engineer in California. Facts: This case (San Francisco Baykeeper v. Sunnyvale et al – United States District Court –…
Summary: Roofing Expert Witness allowed to testify even though the defendant argued that the expert did not provide any reasoning which ties the data he relied on to the conclusions he made in his report with respect to roof damage. Facts: This case (J.A. LANIER & ASSOCIATES, INC. v. ROBBINS…
Discussion: Materials Engineering Expert Witness testimony is granted in part and denied in part even though the defendant argued that the expert should be excluded because he does not have specialized knowledge of transloaders. Facts: This case (COTE v. U.S. SILICA COMPANY et al – United States District Court –…
Summary: Police Procedures Expert Witness testimony not allowed even though the defense argued that the expert has experience in crime scene reconstruction based on his history of being a law enforcement professional. Facts: This case (Minifield v. City of Winchester et al – United States District Court – Western District…
Summary: Occupational Medicine Expert Witness testimony not allowed even though the expert argued that there is a lack of data related to the oil spill. Facts: This case (Coleman v. BP Exploration & Production, Inc. et al – United States District Court – Eastern District of Louisiana – June 28th,…