Accident reconstruction expert witness Glen Urquhart says Robert Farquharson, a man accused of killing his three sons by driving his car into a dam, would have steered the vehicle toward the water. The expert witness says Farquharson made three distinct steering movements before the car entered the dam at between…
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Forensic Accounting Expert Witness Report Results in $41.5M Directors Payment
Buccino & Associates, Inc. was hired in 2003 as an expert witness in the Just For Feet (JFF) Chapter 7 case. Their forensic accounting expert witness report resulted in the largest out of pocket payment by outside directors in history. The former JFF directors will pay $41.5 million, more than…
Forensic Pathology Expert Witnesses To Testify Again in Spector Civil Trial
No matter the verdict in Phil Spector’s criminal case, his defense team will be back in court in two weeks defending him in a civil suit filed by Clarkson’s mother, Donna. Forensic pathology expert witnesses from the criminal trial would be called again. CourtTVNews.com reports: Should Spector be acquitted, lawyers…
Forensic Psychology Expert Witness Testifies in Quadruple Murder Case
Christian Nielsen is charged with quadruple murder in western Maine. His lawyers want to have the 32-year-old cook declared incompetent to stand trial for the 2006 killings. Expert witness Dr. Ann LeBlanc, director of the state forensic service, testified Nielsen suffers from schizoid personality disorder but it does not make…
RICO and Racketeering Expert Witness Testifies vs. Mob
Four organized-crime figures and a retired police officer were convicted Monday on federal racketeering charges in connection with 18 mob-related slayings dating back to the 1970s. Two of those convicted were Joseph “The Clown” Lombardo, 78, and Paul “The Indian” Schiro, 69. Expert witness James W. Wagner, president of the…
Police Procedures Expert Witness Describes Use of Force as Police Brutality
Al Hixon is suing the city of Golden Valley, MN, and two of its police officers stating that his civil rights were violated by excessive force, battery and assault. Expert witness and former Minneapolis Police Chief Tony Bouza testified Monday in U.S. District Court that “The force used in this…
Forensic Pathology Expert Witness Says Mother Heard Demons Before Killing Children & Pets
Jennifer Kukla says a voice inside her head told her to murder her children in order to save them from an even worse fate. Kukla allegedly fatally stabbed her two children, Alexandra, 8, and Ashley, 5, inside their Macomb Township, MI trailer home. Forensic psychology expert witness Dr. George Watson…
Restaurant Security Expert Witness Testifies In $200M McDonald’s Case
Louise Ogborn, while working at McDonald’s in Bullitt County, Ky. three years ago, was accused by a caller of theft, stripped, and then sexually humiliated in the restaurant office. Ogden is seeking $200 million, including $100 million in punitive damages, from McDonald’s for failing to warn her and other employees…
Star Forensic Expert Witness No Help in Spector Case
Phil Spector’s murder trial will go to the jury on Monday after more than four months. The nine-man, three-woman panel will decide whether to convict him of the single count of murder. Spector, 67, would face a sentence of 15 years to life. Lots has gone wrong for Spector’s defense…
Defense DNA Expert Witness Testimony Links Defendent to Murder
Jose Alberto Felix’s murder trial took an interesting turn of events on Tuesday when DNA testing done by the defense linked him to the crime. Felix is charged with the kidnapping and slaying of Dallas restaurateur Oscar Sanchez. Expert witness Rick Staub of the Orchid Cellmark lab in Dallas testified…