Expert’s ‘Legal Conclusions’ In Contract Row Not Allowed, Judge Rules

Mealey's (March 16, 2020, 11:45 AM EDT) -- GULFPORT, Miss. — An expert’s opinions on fiduciary obligations under a construction indemnity agreement for work at a college baseball stadium in Mississippi are conclusions of law and therefore inadmissible, a federal judge held March 11 in granting a motion to strike the expert’s testimony (American Contractors Indemnity Company v. Reflectech, Inc., et al. v. Century Construction & Realty, Inc., No. 1:18-cv-297, S.D. Miss., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 43068)....