Expert Opinions Properly Excluded Due to Truck Driver's Failure to Disclose Witnesses

A divided federal appellate court panel ruled that a truck driver’s failure to name his expert witnesses was fatal to his ability to prove causation for injuries from a fall. Case: Vanderberg v. Petco Animal Supplies Stores, No. 17-2580, 10/04/2018, published. Facts: Timothy Vanderberg worked as a truck driver for J.B. Hunt Transport. In June 2015, he made a delivery to a Petco store in Sioux City, Iowa. He began unloading pallets of dog food using a hand-operated pallet jack, wheeling the jack from his trailer to a scissor lift. Vanderberg reached the edge of his trailer, ...