{"id":895495,"date":"2019-02-06T11:30:47","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T18:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/?p=895495"},"modified":"2019-02-06T11:30:54","modified_gmt":"2019-02-06T18:30:54","slug":"experts-qualifications-are-important","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/experts-qualifications-are-important\/","title":{"rendered":"An Expert&#8217;s Qualifications Are Important"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>David Adelstein | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.floridaconstructionlegalupdates.com\/an-experts-qualifications-are-important\/\">Florida Construction Legal Updates<\/a> | December 15, 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>An expert\u2019s qualifications are important<\/strong>. Please remember this the next time you retain an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adviseandconsult.net\/experts.php\">expert<\/a> to analyze documents or data and render an opinion based on\u00a0that information. \u00a0An expert\u00a0must\u00a0be qualified to render an opinion. \u00a0Otherwise the expert will not be allowed to render the opinion you may be looking for or need for purposes of trial, as discussed below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A recent personal injury case,&nbsp;<em>White v. Ring Power Corp<\/em>., 43 Fla.L.Weekly D2729a (Fla. 3d 2018), involved a crane operator that became severely injured when operating a leased crane.&nbsp;&nbsp;The case proceeded to trial against only the equipment lessor of the &nbsp;crane based on the plaintiff\u2019s contention that there were deficiencies with the crane.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The plaintiff intended on using expert witnesses to interpret the crane\u2019s load movement indicator (referred to as LMI) and render opinions that the LMI data showed prior overloads of the crane which resulted in the injury to the operator of the crane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During a pre-trial motion, the trial court held that the experts were&nbsp;NOT&nbsp;qualified to interpret the LMI data and, therefore, were not qualified to render opinions based on this data.&nbsp;&nbsp;The experts were not allowed to render such expert testimony at trial.&nbsp;&nbsp;After the trial, the plaintiff appealed this ruling.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Third District Court of Appeal affirmed this pre-trial ruling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The trial court\u2019s decision to exclude portions of White\u2019s [plaintiff] experts\u2019 testimony was based upon a finding that these witnesses were unqualified to interpret the LMI data or offer opinions on its significance. This finding is supported by&nbsp;competent substantial evidence, including the experts\u2019 own deposition testimony<\/strong>, in which they acknowledged, for example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00b7&nbsp;<em>Expert witness Barth<\/em>: He has never been trained to interpret LMI data, never took a course on LMI systems, and stated he \u201cself-trained\u201d regarding LMI data by reviewing the instant accident and reading depositions of other witnesses. Barth acknowledged he was not proficient in reading LMI data, and a review of the deposition establishes that Barth was unfamiliar with the LMI system and had difficulty answering basic questions about its purpose and use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00b7&nbsp;<em>Expert witness Barbe<\/em>: Although he certifies crane operators, he does not certify crane maintenance workers, is not a certified crane inspector, and none of his training specifically involves wire ropes. The cranes he inspects do not use LMI systems. He did not know how to download the LMI data on the crane in question, received no training on how to read LMI data, and was unfamiliar with many of the LMI codes contained in the data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00b7&nbsp;<em>Expert witness Mankins<\/em>: He conceded to \u201cnot being an expert on LMI or this type of data\u201d; \u201cI wouldn\u2019t know an LMI if I saw one\u201d; \u201cI have no personal experience with LMI systems, nor do I profess to have any expertise associated with such a system.\u201d Mankins did not know the significance of a one-, two- or four-parts line on a crane, and acknowledged \u201cI essentially know nothing about cranes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>None of the three experts had ever interpreted LMI data or used LMI data to investigate the cause of a crane accident or wire rope failure. Instead, all three of White\u2019s expert witnesses accepted the LMI data at face value without sufficient knowledge, training or expertise to interpret the data or opine as to its significance. We conclude that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in excluding that portion of their proposed testimony.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Adelstein | Florida Construction Legal Updates | December 15, 2018 An expert\u2019s qualifications are important. 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