Crop Insurance Agent’s Admission Makes Expert’s ‘Powerball’ Opinion Irrelevant

Mealey's (February 20, 2020, 8:23 AM EST) -- OMAHA, Neb. — An expert’s opinion that the likelihood of 96 clients randomly leaving one insurance agency for another “was approximately equal to winning the Powerball Lottery 32 consecutive times” was calculated reliably enough but is not relevant in a breach of nonsolicitation agreement dispute because the defendant sales agent admits that the customers’ switch was not random, a Nebraska federal judge ruled Feb. 18 (Farm Credit Services of America, FLCA v. Nicole Tifft, et al., No. 8:18-cv-80, D. Neb., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 27544)....