SHERMAN, Texas (LN) — The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas granted in part a motion by Experian Information Solutions to limit the testimony of Douglas Hollon, the consumer’s expert in a lawsuit alleging the credit bureau mixed the plaintiff’s information with his son’s on consumer reports.
The court excluded Hollon’s opinions regarding Ronald Alexander Garcia Delgado’s alleged economic damages and their cause, holding the expert qualified only to speak in general terms about the types of damages typically caused by credit report errors.
The ruling tracks a similar exclusion in Nelson v. Experian Information Solutions, where a South Carolina federal court found Hollon could not testify about the plaintiff’s specific damages because the plaintiff himself could speak to his losses.
The court rejected Experian’s challenges to Hollon’s qualifications and the reliability of his methods, noting that Hollon relies on 19 years of experience reporting industry—a permissible basis under Rule 702.
The court also declined to strike the plaintiff’s briefing for violating local page limits, though it warned plaintiff’s counsel from the Consumer Justice Law Firm to heed the rules in future filings.