Medical expert witnesses at Medical Opinions Associates write on tort reform: Let’s clarify the issue. Advocates of “tort reform” are really arguing for lower incidence of medical malpractice awards, smaller dollar awards, and lower medical malpractice insurance premiums for physicians. They also hope to reduce the level of “defensive medicine”,…
A major revision to the federal rules governing expert witness reports is on track to take effect in December. No longer would Rule 26 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure allow full discovery of draft expert reports and require broad disclosure of any communications between an expert and trial…
Newzbin, the Internet’s premier Usenet indexer, has lost its High Court case against several Hollywood movie studios. Justice Kitchin found the company, which turned over more than £1 million in 2009, liable for copyright infringement and will issue an injunction restricting its activities later this week. The London High Court…
In the Paige Report: Digest of Important Decisions from 2009, insurance broker expert witness David H. Paige writes: Life insurance agents’ client held to be insured CEO, and agent held not liable to investor in CEO’s company. A frequent issue confronting many courts involves what legal duty an insurance agent…
In the Paige Report, insurance agent expert witness David H. Paige writes on whether an insurance broker have a duty to give advice. California court finds that insurance broker ordinarily has no duty to suggest that insured purchase additional insurance coverage. Part 2: Implications for Agent/Broker Liability: The continuing issue…
In the Paige Report, insurance agency expert witness David H. Paige writes on whether an insurance broker have a duty to give advice. California court finds that insurance broker ordinarily has no duty to suggest that insured purchase additional insurance coverage. A continuing issue that has reappeared for years is…
On his website, trucking expert witness Lew Grill, the SAGE Corporation, offers links to trucking research topics, e.g. Transport Topics Online.
According to a recent study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NTHSA), vehicular fatalities account for nearly 95 percent of transportation related fatalities. Drivers often think that warmer weather means safer road conditions, but the effects of winter weather often make for difficult spring road conditions. As March 20th…
In Social Workers and the Witness Role: Ethics, Laws, and Roles Susan Sarnoff, MSW, DSW, Assistant Professor, Ohio University, addresses the role of the social services expert witness: Social workers have a long history of providing testimony in court, particularly in Family Court proceedings. Gothard (1989) noted that prior to…
One study of schizophrenia drugs used in Georgia’s Medicaid program showed that, while step therapy saved the state close to $20 a month on drugs for every patient, the savings were more than offset by increased costs in other services. Indeed, the program saw a monthly increase of nearly $32…