Plaintiff tripped on a mat while entering defendant’s store and was injured. The plaintiff hired a Walking & Working Surfaces Expert Witness to provide testimony, which the defendant sought to exclude. The court granted the motion to exclude in part and denied it in part.
Semiconductors Expert Witness Not Allowed; Forensic Accounting Expert Witness Allowed in Part
Plaintiff sued defendant after parts supplied by defendant allegedly failed. The plaintiff hired a Semiconductors Expert Witness and Forensic Accounting Expert Witness to provide testimony, which was challenged by the defendant.
Transportation Safety Expert Witness Allowed In Part
Plaintiff filed suit against vehicle manufacturer after it rolled over. Plaintiff hired a Transportation Safety Expert Witness to provide testimony. The defendant filed a motion to exclude this testimony, which was granted in part and denied in part.
Chemistry Expert Witness Testimony Not Allowed
Plaintiffs filed suit against defendants alleging that the defendants police officers entered their house illegally. They hired a Chemistry Expert Witness to provide testimony, which the defendants wished to exclude. The court granted the motion to exclude.
Orthopedic Surgery Expert Witnesses Allowed After Appeal
Defendants appeal a decision by the trail court in favor of the plaintiff. Defendant maintains that their experts should have been allowed. the appeals court agreed and reversed the lower court opinion.
Infectious Disease Expert Witness Allowed in Medical Malpractice Case
Plaintiff filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against defendant. The defendant hired an infectious disease expert witness to provide testimony. Plaintiff filed a motion to exclude this witness based on qualification. The court denied the motion.
Pathology Expert Witness Payment Allowed to Come from Bond
The court in a high-profile 45 year old Cook County Illinois murder case ruled that payment for a Pathology Expert Witness could come fro a defendant’s bond.
The Chicago Tribune reports that the defendant who is accused of first degree murder can to withdraw money from his $400,000 bond fund in order to pay for an expert witness at his upcoming trial.
Donnie Rudd, who is now 76, was once a prominent Illinois attorney. Now Rudd is charged with murdering his wife for insurance money in 1973. The state alleges that Rudd staged an auto accident to cover the murder. His wife Noreen Kumeta Rudd was nineteen years old at the time.
Drones Expert Witness May Be Called to Testify on Remote ID
Drone Expert Witnesses may soon be called to testify on how and to what extent authorities can remotely identify a drone’s pilot.
At the Federal Aviation Administration’s Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Symposium in Baltimore, the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) debated the question of when they will allow the identification of the operator of unmanned drone aircraft.
As reported by Ben Hanock in his article: “What’s Next: Whose Drone is That?“, this “remote ID” rule could be a first step to more permissive regulations for commercial drone flights. Authorities want to be able to know who’s operating the drones before drone flights out of the line of sight are allowed. Right now they are generally not allowed under FAA regulations.
Pathology Expert Witness, Environmental Engineering Expert Witness, and Engineering Expert Witness Allowed
Plaintiff filed a conspiracy claim against defendants related to her husband’s exposure to asbestos. The plaintiff hired a pathology expert witness, an environmental engineering expert witness and an engineering expert witness to assist in her case. The defendant filed a motion to exclude, which was denied by the court.
Plumbing Expert Allowed to Opine on Interpretation of Design/Build Specification
Plumbing and HVAC Expert Witness Russell Keeler of Chason Energy reports that he was involved in a matter where a contractor hired an engineer to create plans and specifications based on a performance specification issued by an owner. The documents created by the engineer were used by the contractor to prepare a bid. The performance specification was rather specific in terms of expected sound levels and temperature conditions in the various spaces.
The engineer developed bid documents, which the contractor then used to prepare his bid. His bid price was low (by half) of the next bidder, and he was awarded the project. When the plans were reviewed by the concept engineer, they were rejected. The contractor was forced to provide an installation that conformed to the performance specification.
In the lawsuit, the contractor sued the engineer for the difference in cost between the bid price and the cost to install the required installation. Mr. Keeler identified the areas that the engineer had taken liberties in the design. The judge found for the contractor.