In How Attorneys Can Best Utilize Their Medical Expert Witness: A Medical Expert’s Perspective, Dr. Vernon M. Neppe MD, PhD, FRSSAf, FAPA, writes that expert witness testimony begins by finding an appropriate match. Clearly there are specifics that lead some experts to be retained above others. Expertise in a health…
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How Attorneys Can Best Utilize Their Medical Expert Witnesses #1
In How Attorneys Can Best Utilize Their Medical Expert Witness: A Medical Expert’s Perspective, Dr. Vernon M. Neppe MD, PhD, FRSSAf, FAPA, writes that expert witness testimony begins by finding an appropriate match. Finding the correct medicolegal expert for a case is clearly dependent on, not only their expertise in…
Law & Legal Expert Witness Testifies Re: CIA Tapes
Law and legal expert witness Stephen Saltzburg told the House Judiciary Committee Thursday that the CIA’s official explanation for destroying at least two videotapes depicting severe interrogation techniques “fails the straight-face test.” Expert witness Saltzburg is general counsel for the National Institute of Military Justice and a George Washington University…
Police Procedures Expert Witness Testimony Helps Cop
Crookston, MN Police Officer Donald Rasicot was found not guilty Wednesday of misconduct and assault during a 2006 arrest of a drunken man. The man’s injuries were not consistent with a kick to the head, according to police procedures expert witness, Joe Dutton, a 30-year veteran of the Golden Valley…
Optimizing Your Engineering Expert Witness’s Testimony #5
In Get the Most From Engineering Experts, Christopher L. Brinkley writes on how thorough preparation of engineering expert witnesses is the key to winning your case. In this excerpt Brinkley discusses the reliability of the expert witness’s work. The reliability of an engineer’s work may also be supported by testimony…
Optimizing Your Engineering Expert Witness’s Testimony #4
In Get the Most From Engineering Experts, Christopher L. Brinkley writes on how thorough preparation of engineering expert witnesses is the key to winning your case. In this excerpt Brinkley discusses challenges you may face regarding their expert witness testimony. It is good practice for the expert to conduct his…
Optimizing Your Engineering Expert Witness’s Testimony #3
In Get the Most From Engineering Experts, Christopher L. Brinkley writes on how thorough preparation of engineering expert witnesses is the key to winning your case. In this excerpt Brinkley discusses challenges you may face regarding their expert witness testimony. It is good practice for the expert to conduct his…
Optimizing Your Engineering Expert Witness’s Testimony # 2
In Get the Most From Engineering Experts, Christopher L. Brinkley writes on how thorough preparation of engineering expert witnesses is the key to winning your case. In this excerpt Brinkley discusses challenges you may face regarding their expert witness testimony. As a threshold matter, engineering experts must satisfy the jurisdiction’s…
Optimizing Your Engineering Expert Witness’s Testimony
In Get the Most From Engineering Experts, Christopher L. Brinkley writes on how thorough preparation of engineering expert witnesses is the key to winning your case. In this excerpt Brinkley discusses challenges you may face regarding their expert witness testimony. Virtually every products liability case requires the assistance of one…
Appraisal and Valuation Expert Witnesses Have Bad Day in Court
Two expert witnesses in Louisville, KY had a bad day in court this week. First, antique weapon expert witness R.L. Wilson, along with Michael Salisbury, and Karen Salisbury, were charged with conspiring to defraud Owsley Brown Frazier and his International History Museum by taking commissions and kickbacks totaling $1.75 million.…