Expert Witness Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

This case prominently featured the involvement of a Fire Expert Witness to assess the causes and contributing factors of the fire. the manufacturer of the cladding materials, alleging that the company’s products were defective and contributed to the fire’s severity. Continue reading

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Expert Witness Blog

MARCH 10, 2025

The involvement of a Products Liability Expert Witness was central to the court’s analysis. Plaintiffs in this MDL alleged that exposure to paraquat, manufactured by Syngenta and distributed by Chevron, led to the development of Parkinson’s disease.

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Expert Witness Blog

APRIL 30, 2025

Tax Court 2021), the testimony of an Apparel & Textile Industry Expert Witness was pivotal in evaluating the legitimacy of research and development (R&D) tax credits claimed by a fashion designer. In the case of Leon Max v. Commissioner , T.C. 2021-37 (U.S. Continue reading

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Expert Witness Blog

JANUARY 30, 2025

2010), the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan addressed the admissibility of testimony from an electrical engineering expert witness in a subrogation claim following a house fire. Case Background Meemic Insurance Company, the plaintiff, insured a residence that suffered significant damage due to a fire.

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Expert Witness Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

The testimony of a Forklifts Expert Witness was central to the court’s analysis. Case Background On May 18, 2001, Jason Robinson, the plaintiff, was operating a stand-up forklift designed and manufactured by Crown Equipment Corporation (the defendant) at a plant in West Memphis, Arkansas.

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Expert Witness Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

The involvement of a Ladders & Scaffolds Expert Witness was central to the court’s analysis. Case Background Plaintiff Michael Lehmann sustained injuries after falling from a scaffold manufactured by Louisville Ladder Inc.

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Expert Witness Blog

MAY 24, 2024

Summary: Mechanical Engineering Expert Witness allowed to provide testimony even though the defendant’s argued that he was not qualified to offer an opinion on miters saws as he does not have the requisite experience on the topic. The plaintiff hired Mechanical Engineering Expert Witness Dr. Charles E. Home Depot USA, Inc.

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E-Discovery LLC

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

26(a) initial disclosures, “which do not identify a single corporate witness by name, much less the subject(s) of information possessed by each witness,” were inadequate. In my words, the Kinnee court denied a joint motion to approve an ESI Protocol because the defendants’ Fed.R.Civ.P. 5, 2024), where the court in Orlando Health, Inc.

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Expert Witness Blog

MAY 29, 2024

Overview: Automotive Engineering Expert Witness testimony allowed in part because the court concluded that Bloch’s testimony that alternative designs of the Silverado would have saved the plaintiff’s life was unreliable. The plaintiff hired Automotive Engineering Expert Witness Byron Bloch to provide expert witness testimony.

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Plaintiff Trial Lawyer Tips

MAY 3, 2024

that creates a powerful mental framework — something we call a ‘schema’ — that can induce witnesses to simply agree to many of the Reptile’s extreme safety questions” Dr. Broda-Bahm goes on to suggest ways a witness can be taught to avoid agreeing with absolutes in questions posed by the plaintiff lawyer about safety duties.

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E-Discovery LLC

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Doug Austin wrote an interesting blog, Police May be Coming for Your Tesla as a Potential Crime Witness (ediscoverytoday.com) (Sept. The agency warned car manufacturers earlier this year it “will take action to protect consumers against the illegal collection, use, and disclosure of their personal data.”

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Plaintiff Trial Lawyer Tips

DECEMBER 26, 2024

If the driver does not, even for an instant, and someone is hurt, the driver is responsible for the harm A manufacturer is never allowed to needlessly endanger the public. We will be presenting specific testimony from qualified witnesses to demonstrate how the defendant’s conduct violated these rules.”

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Practice of Law

OCTOBER 15, 2024

All of these are major pharmaceutical companies with extensive histories and significant roles in the development, manufacturing, and distribution of medications – and one in particular: ranitidine. It was responsible for manufacturing and distributing the drug in the U.S. You might recognize it better as Zantac. during that period.

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CaseFox

JUNE 29, 2023

Trade secrets, such as formulas, manufacturing processes, or customer lists, non-disclosure agreements, and other security measures will protect them. Witness Statements and Testimonies Professional translations of witness statements and testimonies enable you to assess the evidence provided by individuals with diverse linguistic backgrounds.

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CaseFox

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Trade secrets encompass confidential business information that offers an economic edge, like proprietary algorithms, datasets, manufacturing techniques, or consumer insights. ConnectU provided emails and witnesses confirming Zuckerberg had improperly taken source code and the idea for his competing social network.

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Expert Witness Blog

JUNE 28, 2025

a Pools & Spas Expert Witness played a central role in evaluating the safety and design of an above-ground pool involved in a tragic drowning incident. Background of the Case In 2021, Ellieanna Justice, a six-year-old girl, tragically drowned after climbing into a four-foot-deep above-ground pool manufactured by Bestway (USA), Inc.

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Expert Witness Blog

MAY 14, 2025

1992), the testimony of an Adhesives Expert Witness played a central role in evaluating the scientific basis for claims that chemical exposure from industrial adhesives caused a workers cancer. In the case of Bell v. Swift Adhesives, Inc. , and Ashland Chemical, Inc. Continue reading

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Expert Witness Blog

APRIL 15, 2025

137 (1999), the role of a Tires Expert Witness was central to the proceedings and had a profound impact on the standards for admitting expert testimony in U.S. Carlson intended to testify that, based on his expert opinion, a defect in the tire’s manufacture or design was responsible for the blowout. Carmichael , 526 U.S.

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SW&L Attorneys Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

We use effective storytelling, demonstrative evidence, and witness testimony to make the injurys effects tangible for jurors, establishing defense arguments that the harm is exaggerated or unrelated.

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Practice of Law

AUGUST 2, 2024

Lawsuits Against Parts Manufacturer Was anything done about it, from a legal standpoint? Many claim that the plane’s manufacturers are responsible. For example, Spirit AeroSystems (not to be confused with Spirit Airlines) is a major non-OEM aerostructures manufacturer that supplies parts like fuselages to Boeing.

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Evidence at Trial

NOVEMBER 27, 2021

This is the witness who says, "I just came from outside and it’s raining." If the witness is believed, the fact it is raining is conclusively true. Section 411 says that except where a statute may require additional evidence, direct evidence from just one witness may be sufficient. The witness may say, "I saw Ms.

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Complex Discovery

APRIL 5, 2025

Fire from the Sky: The Reality Behind Ceasefire Rhetoric Contrasting starkly with the diplomatic narrative, April 4 witnessed a deadly Russian ballistic missile strike in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih. Sixteen civilians, including children, were killed when the missile obliterated residential structures and a playground.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

So there’s there’s a lot of industry, manufacturing, and other kind of interesting companies and projects. And, you know, forum search, and nested Boolean, some brackets and, and then we showed him how to do its wits, Assisted Review of learning. And we would let them play around with Boolean search of fuzzy search and everything.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 8, 2021

This week in Other Barks & Bites: the Second Circuit affirms an attorneys’ fee award to Spanish Broadcasting System after finding that key plaintiff witness was “basically making up his testimony”; Circuit Judge Reyna calls out the Federal Circuit’s Section 101 analysis under Alice; Senator Tillis renews call to end U.S.

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