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Supreme Court Kicks Off Term With Oral Arguments in Five Cases

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court heard oral arguments in person for the first time in more than 18 months. Abu Zubaydah is seeking to depose two CIA contractors who allegedly supervised his “enhanced interrogation” at secret CIA dark sites in Poland. Below is a brief summary of the other cases before the Court: Wooden v. Last week, the U.S.

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Exclusion of HCLA expert based on locality rule affirmed.

Day on Torts

Where an HCLA plaintiff’s expert testified at his deposition that he was not very familiar with Kingsport and that he had only reviewed information about Kingsport the night before the deposition, rather than before forming his medical opinions, the trial court did not err by excluding the expert based on the locality rule. In Jackson v.

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Expert affidavit created issues of fact to withstand summary judgment in HCLA case

Day on Torts

Defendant deposed Dr. Gunnerson as an adverse expert witness, then filed a motion for summary judgment, asserting that there was “no causal connection between any alleged negligence by [defendant] and any injury, including death, to [the patient].” The Court of Appeals, however, disagreed with this interpretation.