Although the expert’s report was not signed, did not list any publications, did not list his compensation, his list of prior cases was not current and his report was “brief,” the motion to exclude his testimony was denied because the ...

Tagged with: Evidence Judge James P. Jones U.S. District Court - Western District

Where the parties are scheduled for trial on just compensation owed to a landowner for property taken for an interstate natural gas pipeline, multiple pretrial motions over experts and other evidentiary issues were resolved. Background Plaintiff Mountain Valley Pipeline, or ...

Tagged with: Evidence Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District

A high school student’s interview in his associate principal’s office that included the associate principal, a police detective and a school resource officer acting as the student’s translator was not a custodial interrogation, so no Miranda warnings were required. His ...

Tagged with: Evidence Judge Jean Harrison Clements Virginia Court of Appeals

Where the record showed the testimony of a wife’s rebuttal experts was intended to respond to arguments made by the Veterans Administration experts about the cause of her husband’s death, the rebuttal experts would be allowed to testify at the ...

Tagged with: Evidence Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District

Disagreements over experts’ testimony and other evidence in advance of a trial over compensation for the taking of certain real property required for Mountain Valley Pipeline’s interstate natural gas pipeline were resolved. Background Mountain Valley Pipeline, or MVP, is constructing ...

Tagged with: Evidence Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District

The court clarified what evidence and argument a party could introduce and rely upon in the breach of contract case. Background The matter presently before the court is Norfolk Southern Railroad Company’s motion for clarification of the court’s ruling on ...

Tagged with: Evidence Judge Michael F. Urbanski U.S. District Court - Western District

In an action to determine just compensation for the taking of certain property for the construction of a natural gas pipeline, where landlords were unable to offer testimony regarding the diminished market value of their property, the motion to exclude ...

Tagged with: Evidence Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District

In a compensation case involving the taking of property for construction of a natural gas pipeline, certain testimony about the value of adjoining land tracts and the value of timber was excluded as it would not be heard by a ...

Tagged with: Evidence Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District

A promising new technology that can unlock the identity of long-sought criminal suspects and free the wrongly convicted is raising questions about whether it might become too intrusive. For the first time in Virginia, a judge has considered whether creation ...

Tagged with: Alexandria Circuit Court DNA Evidence Judge Lisa B. Kemler

The court resolved disputes over whether the experts had complied with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Federal Rules of Evidence and whether their opinions were properly supported and would aid the court in resolving the issues relevant to ...

Tagged with: Evidence Judge Norman K. Moon U.S. District Court - Western District