Experts Go Ten Rounds in Heavyweight Legal Bout — How Competing Expert Opinions Can Push a Case to Trial, A Case Study of Thomas v Farrago
By Eric Chang and Dylan F. Henry, of Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP
(The following appeared in Sports Medicine and the Law)
Round 1- The Facts
On November 2, 2013, heavyweight boxer, Magomed Abdusalamov, stepped into the ring at Madison Square Garden and squared off against challenger, Ismaikel Perez, to defend his USNBC Heavyweight Title in a fight regulated by the New York State Athletic Commission (SAC). When the dust settled after 10 rounds of punishing blows,