IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA 

FORT WAYNE DIVISION 

OPAL MILLMAN, ERIC POWELL, and 

LAURY POWELL, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 

 v. 

 

RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES 

CORPORATION, LEAR CORPORATION 

EEDS AND INTERIORS, as successor to 

United Technologies Automotive, Inc., 

ANDREWS DAIRY STORE, INC., and L.D. 

WILLIAMS, INC., CP PRODUCTS, LLC, as 

successor to Preferred Technical Group, Inc., 

and LDW DEVELOPMENT, LLC 

 Defendants. 

Cause No. 1:16-CV-312-HAB-SLC 

RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION’S MOTION TO EXCLUDE THE 

EXPERT OPINION TESTIMONY OF JAMES WELLS, PH.D., KATHLEEN GILBERT, 

PH.D., KENNETH SPAETH, M.D., AL WESTERMAN PH.D, PAUL SADIN, AND 

ZACHARY TORRY, MD.

Defendants Raytheon Technologies Corporation, Lear Corporation EEDS and Interiors, 

and CP Product, LLC (collectively “Raytheon”) respectfully move the Court pursuant to Federal 

Rule of Evidence 702 to exclude the expert opinion testimony and reports of Plaintiffs’ purported 

expert witnesses James Wells, Ph.D., Kathleen Gilbert, Ph.D., Kenneth Spaeth, M.D., Al 

Westerman, Ph.D, Paul Sadin and Zachary Torry, M.D. Plaintiffs have not met their burden 

under Fed. R. Evid. 702 and Daubert in demonstrating that these purported experts are qualified 

to offer their opinions or that the methodologies they employed in reaching those opinions are 

reliable. In the alternative, Plaintiffs’ proffered expert testimony may also be excluded under 

Federal Rule of Evidence 403, as its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of 

unfair prejudice, confusion of the issues, or misleading the jury. 

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Raytheon respectfully requests that this Court exclude the expert opinion testimony and 

opinions of: 

1) Plaintiffs’ exposure and remediation witness, James Wells, Ph.D.; 

2) Plaintiffs’ non-medical, general causation witness Kathleen Gilbert, Ph.D.; 

3) Plaintiffs’ general and specific causation witness Kenneth Spaeth, M.D.; 

4) Plaintiffs’ risk assessment witness, Al Westerman, Ph.D. 

5) Plaintiffs’ historical expert on the “environmental hazards” of the use and 

disposal of TCE, Paul Sadin; and 

6) Plaintiffs’ medical psychiatry witness, Zachary Torry, MD. 

In support of this motion, Raytheon incorporates by reference the following filed 

contemporaneously with this motion: 

1) Defendants Raytheon and Williams Corp. Entities’ Joint Statement of Facts; 

2) Defendants Raytheon and Williams Corp. Entities’ Joint Statement of the Standards 

Of Admissibility of Expert Testimony; 

3) Defendants Raytheon and Williams Corp. Entities’ Joint Memorandum of Law in 

Support of their Motion to Exclude the Expert Opinions of Al Westerman, Ph.D.; 

4) Raytheon’s Memorandum of Law in Support of its Motion to Exclude the Expert 

Opinions of James Wells, Ph.D.; 

5) Raytheon’s Memorandum of Law in Support of its Motion to Exclude the Expert 

Opinions of Kathleen Gilbert, Ph.D. and Kenneth Spaeth, M.D.; 

6) Raytheon’s Memorandum of Law in Support of its Motion to Exclude the Expert 

Opinions of Paul Sadin; 

7) Raytheon’s Memorandum of Law in Support of its Motion to Exclude the Expert 

Opinions of Zachary Torry, M.D.; and 

8) Raytheon’s Evidentiary Designation in Support of Motions to Exclude. 

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WHEREFORE, Raytheon respectfully requests that the Court grant this motion and 

exclude the expert opinion testimony and reports of Plaintiffs’ expert witnesses, James Wells, 

Ph.D., Kathleen Gilbert, Ph.D., Kenneth Spaeth, M.D., Al Westerman, Ph.D., Paul Sadin and 

Zachary Torry, M.D. and grant Raytheon all other relief that is just and proper under the 

premises. 

Dated: April 14, 2022 /s/ Joseph G. Eaton 

Joseph G. Eaton (15731-29) 

Alejandra Reichard (35342-29) 

BARNES & THORNBURG LLP 

11 South Meridian Street 

Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 

Telephone: (317) 236-1313 

Facsimile: (317) 231-7433 

Joe.Eaton@btlaw.com 

Alejandra.Reichard@btlaw.com 

Attorneys for Defendants 

Raytheon Technologies Corporation, 

Lear Corporation EEDS & Interiors, and 

CP Product LLC 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

The undersigned hereby certifies that on the 14th day of April, 2022 a copy of the 

foregoing was served on the following parties via the court’s electronic filing system: 

Thomas A. Barnard 

Rodney L. Michael, Jr. 

Benjamin A. Wolowski 

Tammara D. Porter 

TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP 

One Indiana Square, Suite 3500 

Indianapolis, IN 46204-2023 

Counsel for Plaintiff 

Bradley R. Sugarman 

Seth Thomas 

BOSE MCKINNEY 

111 Monument Circle, Suite 2700 

Indianapolis, IN 46204-2079 

Attorneys for Defendants 

L.D. Williams, Inc., and LDW Development LLC

The following service was made via U.S. Mail on: 

Andrews Dairy Store Inc. 

Michael Burton 

208 East Columbia Street 

Andrews, IN 46702 

Joseph G. Eaton 

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