Judge Cuts Engineer’s Medical Opinion In Injury Suit Over Sideswipe Crash

Mealey's (July 8, 2020, 1:31 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A biomechanical engineer can testify as an expert for a truck driver in a personal injury suit about the force caused in a sideswipe crash but not about whether the collision at issue actually caused the injuries complained of, a Louisiana federal judge held July 2 in denying a motion to exclude the expert’s testimony from trial (Wayland Collins, et al. v. John C. Benton, et al., No. 18-7465, E.D. La., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 116333)....