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Zach Barreto
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Zach is the Vice President of Strategic Research at the Expert Institute and one of the most skilled recruiters in the legal industry. Zach is responsible for managing all aspects of the company’s research department as well as developing strategic relationships at the institutional level.Articles by Zach Barreto
Supervising HVAC Workers Does Not Constitute Sufficient Expert Experience Under Daubert
Court: Court of Appeals of Michigan Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Brooklyn Plumbing Heating & Air Conditioning v. Aiello Citation: 2010 Mich. App. LEXIS 582 Facts The plaintiffs bought a cottage which had heating, ventilation, plumbing, and air conditioning (HVAC) system…
Posted on inTestimony From Insurance Company’s Structural Engineering Expert Fails “General Acceptance” Test
Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: CXA Corp. v. Am. Family Ins. Co. Citation: 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 192773 Facts After the plaintiff’s roof collapsed, they submitted an insurance…
Posted on inCourt Excludes Expert for Assessing OSHA Compliance Instead of ANSI
Court: United States District Court for the District of Minnesota Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Wing Enters. v. Tricam Indus. Citation: 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 113579 Facts The parties produced competing brands of articulated ladders. The plaintiff brought this complaint claiming…
Posted on inIT Expert Successfully Identifies Class of Armed Servicemen Using Defendant Bank’s Data
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Western Division Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Childress v. JPMorgan Chase & Co. Citation: 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 110396 Facts The plaintiffs filed this class certification lawsuit claiming damages…
Posted on inPlaintiffs Cause Exclusion of Their Environmental Expert by Failing to Respond to Motion in Limine
Court: Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Campbell v. CSX Transp., Inc. Citation: 2019 W. Va. LEXIS 407 In this case, the petitioners’ appeal against the exclusion of their environmental expert witness was not considered…
Posted on inDrug Trafficking Litigation: IT Expert Qualified to Conduct Forensic Exam of Confiscated Devices
Court: United States District Court for the District of Kansas Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: United States v. Reulet Citation: 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 161540 Facts The defendants were charged with trafficking conspiracy in controlled substances and controlled substance analog as…
Posted on inInsurance Broker Experts Not Permitted to Opine on What Constitutes a Breach of Fiduciary Duty
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, Eastern Division Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: J.E. Jones Constr. Co. v. Marsh USA, Inc. Citation: 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 41956 Facts The plaintiffs developed a subdivision and appointed one…
Posted on inFraud Expert Witness Permitted to Interpret Slang Terminology Captured on Undercover Footage
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: United States v. Delva Citation: 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 12856 Facts Following an undercover federal investigation, the defendants were convicted of seven identity theft and tax…
Posted on inCivil Engineering Expert Witness Investigates Headlight Use in Fatal Drunk Driving Case
Court: Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division One Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Fisk v. Hurricane AMT LLC Citation: 2018 Ariz. App. Unpub. LEXIS 970 Facts This wrongful death claim involves a fatal car accident caused by an intoxicated driver. The…
Posted on inCourt Precludes Detainee from Testifying as his own Plumbing Expert Witness
Court: United States District Court for the District of Oregon, Pendleton Division Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Brown v. Union County Citation: 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 114320 The plaintiff’s testimony was excluded, as he relied only on smelling the drain in…
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