Judge Finds Fault With Life-Care Planner’s Methods In Injured Hunter’s Suit

Mealey's (September 8, 2017, 8:16 AM EDT) -- EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — An Illinois federal judge on Sept. 5 disallowed testimony by a life-care-planning expert for a man injured in a deer-hunting accident after finding that the expert’s opinions are not reliable or based on proper methodology; the judge then excluded testimony by the injured man’s expert forensic economist because her opinions were based on the life care expert’s now-excluded report (Jordan Queen v. W.I.C., Inc. d/b/a Sniper Treestands, No. 14-cv-519, S.D. Ill., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 143087)....