Lord v Fairway Electric & Siemens

Outcome: Opposing Engineer Disqualified, Summary Judgment

Description: Opposing engineer in electrical burns case saught to impose liability on defective manufacturing theory. Federal judge accepted our argument at close of discovery that engineer's theory was litigation driven and unsupported by scientific methodology. Expert was struck on Daubert grounds. Case was dismissed without expert support. Plaintiff owed defense counsel fees as a result of having rejected a prior offer of judgment under Florida law.