A DNA expert witness will be hired and paid by Saginaw County, MI, in the murder case against Bradford S. Mitchell’. Chief Circuit Judge Robert L. Kaczmarek granted the request of Mitchell’s attorney for an expert to examine DNA evidence in the in the January 2012 beating death of Jay…
Firearms expert witness and Michigan state police Sgt. William Tyrell testified in the case against Pervell O. Jones in the 2011 death of Edward Thomas Jr. The expert witness said the gun found inside Jones’ apartment fired the bullet that killed Thomas.
Transportation engineering expert witnesses testified this week on a bill to legalize red light enforcement cameras in Connecticut. Dr. John Large, professor at the University of South Florida, is an expert in industrial engineering and testified for the American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut regarding the bill that would place…
Law enforcement expert witnesses testified this week in the wrongful death civil trial against Virginia Tech. Virginia Tech was found guilty of negligence for waiting to warn students about a gunman during a 2007 mass shooting that resulted in 33 deaths. Parents of two students charged that that the campus…
Rheumatology expert witness Dr. Chester Oddis testified this week in the case against Dr. Thomas Tyma. The expert specializes in internal medicine and rheumatology in Pittsburgh, PA. Tyma is accused of indecent assault by 17 female patients who say he touched them inappropriately during exams for arthritis at Allegheny North…
Chemicals expert witness John Crowe testified in the case against Kimberly Clark Saenz, accused of injecting bleach into the bloodstream of kidney dialysis patients. Crowe, an FDA chemist, analyzed syringes from the DaVita Lufkin Dialysis Center. Daenz is charged with capital murder and five counts of aggravated assault in Angelina…
Aviation expert witness Colin Glasgow testified in the case of a Pacific Blue aircraft pilot who is charged with carelessness. In a Queenstown District Court hearing, the former Air New Zealand chief pilot described the June 2010 unsafe take off at Queenstown airport.
Accident reconstruction expert witness Jonathan Anna testified in the case against megabus driver John Tomaszewski in Onondaga County Court NY. The expert testfied that two victims were killed when they struck the bridge directly and the other two were crushed in the wreckage. The defenandt is charged with four counts…
In TRADEMARKS, INJUNCTIONS, AND eBAY v. MERCEXCHANGE: FROM AN EXPERT’S PERSPECTIVE media expert witness Michael A. Einhorn, Ph.D. writes: This article is based on an expert analysis that I recently performed in a matter that concerned the unauthorized taking of a trademarked logo by a major media company. The facts…
An insurance coverage expert witness testified in the Birmingham, AL, trial of Gabe Watson, charged with murder in the drowning death of his wife. Tina Thomas Watson died during their Australian honeymoon in 2003. The expert testified that Mrs. Watson could not increase her life insurance before her marriage which…