Served as expert witness on behalf of defendants in Eddystone Rail Company, LLC v. Bridger Logistics, et al., an ongoing litigation matter in the U.S. Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The case involves a contract dispute regarding an oil transloading facility in Eddystone, Pennsylvania. The facility, which was built, owned, and operated by plaintiff, was used as part of defendants’ logistics chain, whereby crude oil from North Dakota was ultimately shipped to a refinery on the Delaware River. Plaintiff alleges that, among other wrongful actions, defendants abandoned the business of transporting oil when prices dropped in 2015-2016, effectively stranding plaintiff’s $170 million investment in the transloading facility. Analysis addressed defendants’ counterclaim that, but for construction delays and various inadequacies in the design and operation of the transloading facility, significantly more oil could have been shipped to the refinery and additional profits made from use of the facility while oil prices remained favorable. Expert report quantified those counterclaim damages in a series of five counterfactual scenarios, opining that the counterclaims might total as much as $70 million. Dr. George testified at trial regarding remaining heads of counterclaim damages in December 2022.
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