A human resources expert witness’s presentation helped convince a Berkshire County, MA, jury to award $2 million to a former Wal-Mart pharmacist. Plaintiff Cynthia Haddad claimed she was paid less than male pharmacists and was fired in retaliation for complaining. Massachusetts Lawyer Weekly reports that after more than 10 years…
When A. Bernard Ackerman, MD, a New York dermatopathology expert witness, is hired, he refuses to know which side the lawyer represents in the case. Ackerman’s goal is to keep his presentation of the facts and opinion objective. PointofLaw.com writes: “I want to let the facts speak for themselves,” said…
Brain Meehan, Director of DNA Security Inc., is often called upon as an expert witness . Unfortunately, the DNA expert witness lost some credibility when his testimony was criticized in Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong’s disbarment hearing. As reported in The News & Observer: Lawyers on both sides and the…
In Oliveira v. Bridgestone, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 41407, the Northern District of Georgia court ruled to exclude the testimony of the plaintiffs’ liability expert witness, Jon M. Crate. The plaintiffs allege that the right rear tire of their vehicle suffered a blowout due to a defect in the tire…
A career as an expert witness can be monetarily rewarding but it is not for everyone states Rosalie Hamilton of Expert Communications, a business development firm for expert witnesses. Hamilton wants those who are considering becoming an expert witness as a second career to realize that “litigation is a high-stress…
Leuren Moret, independent scientist and international expert on radiation and public health issues, will address the Vancouver 9/11 Truth Conference on June 22-24, 2007. Moret, expert witness at the 2004 Tokyo International Tribunal for War Crimes in Afghanistan, will speak on the public health risk posed by the use of…
In a high profile property tax case, the Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board ruled in favor of West Tisbury, MA assessors. The Tax Board found that William W. Graham was not owed the $300,000 tax relief he sought. The ruling depended in large part on the report of the assessors’ real…
Edith Delgado has pleaded not guilty to three counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence. An eye witness and an expert witness for the defense testified Friday that Delgado was traveling just 70 miles per hour last July when she struck an SUV on U.S. Highway 101 resulting in the…
A Jones County, MS, jury decided against a couple’s claim that dioxins from the DuPont Co.’s plant on the Gulf Coast were responsible for the death of their daughter. Kerman and Naomi Ladner of DeLisle filed a lawsuit claiming that their daughter’s liver cancer and heart problems were caused by…
Worcester, MA police officer Heriberto Arroyo was convicted June 7th in U.S. District Court on two conspiracy drug charges. Arroyo was found guilty of conspiracy to possess GBL and GHB and conspiracy to possess Ecstasy and cocaine. GHB is widely believed to be used primarily for drugging women for purposes…