ABOUT JAMES S. SKINNER, Ph.D., FACSM

Expert Witness Work
Cases since 2013
Black v. YMCA
No. 09-CI-011986
05/2013 – 03/2014
J. Douglas Mory
The Mory Law Office, PSC
138 South Third Street
Louisville, KY 40202
(502) 568-6679
Expert witness for plaintiff regarding injury during exercise testing session. Report, consultation and 6-hour deposition. Settled in favor of plaintiff.
Davis v. Schafer and Synergy Health & Fitness
02/2014 – 07/2014
Mr. Greg Surber
David, Kamp & Frank, LLC
739 Thimble Shoals Boulevard, Suite 105
Newport News, VA 23606
(757) 595-4500
Expert witness for plaintiff regarding injury during personal training session. Report and consultation. Settled out of court in favor of plaintiff.
Medlock v. Reebok / Icon Health
07/2014 – 09/2014
Mr. Brad Risinger
Smith, Moore & Leatherwood
434 Fayetteville Street, Suite 2800
Raleigh, NC 27601
(919) 755-8848
Expert witness for defendant regarding injury while using resistance exercise equipment. Report and consultation only.
Torres v. Krank, LLC
04/2015 – 01/2016
Christina T. Williamson
McCormick & Priore, P.C.
301 Carnegie Center Boulevard
Suite 101
Princeton, NJ 08540
(732) 324-7600
Expert witness for defendant regarding injury during personal training session. Report and consultation.
Result: Summary judgment against plaintiff whose claims were dismissed.
Casella v. Virtua, Power Wellness & M. Bryson
12/2015 – 05/2016
Littleton, Joyce, Ughetta, Park & Kelly, LLP
Christine Emery
141 West Front Street
Suite 120
Red Bank, NJ 07701
(732) 530-9110
Expert witness for defendants regarding injury during a personal training session. Written report sent March, 2016. Settled out of court.
Sedita v. Zamboni Enterprises, LLC d/b/a Snap Fitness
08/2016 – 10/2016
No. 2014–CA-004750
Brasfield, Freeman, Goldis & Cash, P.A.
Joshua Goldis
2553 1 st Avenue North
St. Petersburg, FL 33713
(727) 327-2258
Expert witness for defendants regarding injury during a personal training session. Written report sent September, 2016. Video testimony end of September, 2016. Result: plaintiff’s claims were dismissed.
Benhardt v. WUSHU et al.
08/2017 – 03/2018
Docket No. MID-L-2724-16
Shamy, Shipers & Lonski, P.C.
Kelley W. Lavery, Esquire
911 Livingston Avenue
North Brunswick, NJ 08902
(732) 247-1133
Expert witness for plaintiff regarding injury during a martial arts training session. Result: Case settled in favor of the plaintiff.
Warner v. Planet Fitness
11/16 – 01/20
Uricchio, Howe, Krell, Jacobson, Toporek, Theos & Keith, P.A.
J. DeVeaux Stockton
17½ Broad Street
Charleston, SC 29401
Expert witness for plaintiff regarding injury during a personal training session. Report, consultation and 6-hour deposition. Written report in December, 2019. Negotiated settlement in favor of the plaintiff.
Walczak v. Anytime Fitness
9/19 – 1/20
Murphy & Prachthauser, S. C.
Keith R. Stachowiak
330 East Kilbourn Ave
Suite 1200
Milwaukee, WI 53202
(414) 271-1011
Expert witness for plaintiff regarding injury during a personal training session. Written report in December, Case settled out of court in favor of the plaintiff.
Malcolm v. LA Fitness
3/20 – Present
Ferderigos & Lambe, PL
Michael Ferderigos, Esq.
941 N. Orange Ave
Winter Park, FL 32789
(407) 592-0035
Email: [email protected]
Expert witness for plaintiff regarding injury during a personal training session. After reviewing information on the case, I advised attorney that there was insufficient cause for a lawsuit. Attorney agreed, case was dropped.
Medical peer reviews
Insurance companies often have clients whose long-term disability claims are being terminated based on medical opinion. When the client asks for a further review and submits results from exercise tests to support their claim that they are still disabled, an expert in the area of exercise physiology may be asked to review the exercise test results and to write a report. He has reviewed and written extensive reports 6 times in 2018 and 3 times in 2019.
Lecture Topics
Can be given in English, French, German or Spanish
General Topics
- Exercise is Medicine
- Benefits of Exercise for Employers, Employees, and Everyone Else
- Exercise and quality of life
- Be more active and less inactive – Both are important
- Physical activity and health
- Differences between men and women: exercise and training
- Differences between children and adults: exercise and training
- Diet and performance
Genetics
- Effect on response to training
- Effect on health
Exercise Prescription
- General principles of exercise prescription
Exercise Prescription for Cardiovascular Disease
- Coronary Heart Disease
- Hypertension
- Peripheral arterial disease
Exercise Prescription for Respiratory Disease
- Asthma
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Exercise Prescription for Metabolic Disease
- Obesity
- Diabetes (Type 1 and Type 2)
- Lipid disorders
- Cancer
Exercise Prescription for Bone/Joint Disease
- Arthritis (osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis)
- Osteoporosis
Exercise Prescription for Other Health Conditions
- Pregnancy
- Chronic fatigue syndrome/Fibromyalgia
- Older adult
PUBLICATIONS
With over 300 publications, James S. Skinner also has published 21 educational DVDs
- Fox SM, JS Skinner. Physical activity and cardiovascular health. Am. J. Cardiol. 14: 731-746, 1964.
- Skinner JS, JO Holloszy, TK Cureton. Effects of a program of endurance exercises on physical work capacity and anthropometric measurements of fifteen middle-aged men. Am. J. Cardiol. 14: 747-752, 1964.
- Holloszy JO, JS Skinner, G Toro, TK Cureton. Effects of a six-month program of endurance exercise on the serum lipids of middle-aged men. Am. J. Cardiol. 14: 753-760, 1964.
PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
1963-67
1. 1963: Physical Activity Consultant, Washington, D.C.
2. 1965: Research Associate, Division of Cardiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington
3. 1966: Visiting Assistant Professor, Laboratory for Human Performance Research, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
1967-70
1970-71
1970-77
1971-75
1975-76
1977-83
1982-83
1983-95
1983-95
1996-99
1996-2006
Professor, Department of Kinesiology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
2006-Current
2009-2019
2015-Current
2017-2019
2017-Current
HONORS AND AWARDS

1985
American College of Sports Medicine

1995
Southwest Chapter of the ACSM

1996
Recipient, Philip Noel Baker Research Award
International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education

2001
IOC and ICSSPE

2001
American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting

2001
University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

2002
American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting

2011
Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

2014
American College of Sports Medicine