Did a grudge ruin a client's lawsuit?

High-stakes civil litigation often boils down to a battle of experts. Each side hires a pro, and whichever pro can convince or charm the jury or judge wins.

Here's a case in which an expert economist allegedly tried to play on both sides of an issue, in a way that his client says cost it a $30 million payday. As a result, he's being sued by the client for that lost judgment, plus $5.5 million in interest.

The client says the expert, W. Bradford Cornell of UCLA and the California Institute of Technology, took its case to wreak revenge on a colleague who was representing the other side. But in doing