Expert Qualified To Testify On Cleanup Costs’ Reasonableness, Judge Says

Mealey's (September 8, 2017, 1:04 PM EDT) -- SALT LAKE CITY — An engineer can proffer testimony that Chevron Pipeline Co. (CPL) spent approximately $4.4 million to $5.6 million in unnecessary costs when responding to two oil spills in 2010, a federal judge in Utah ruled Sept. 7, finding that he is qualified and that the methodology underlying his opinion is reliable (Chevron Pipeline Company v. Pacificorp, No. 12-CV-287, D. Utah)....