In It Takes More Than Common Sense, construction site expert witness William Gulya, Jr., President & CEO, Middlesex Trenching Company, writes: The primary purpose of expert witness testimony is to assist the trier of fact in understanding the evidence and/or determining a fact issue. A trial judge therefore has the…
Accident investigation expert witnesses may provide reports concerning crash investigations, distracted drivers, and skid mark analysis. Statistics in the US suggest that distraction contributes to 16% of all fatal crashes. AAA tells us that drivers spend more than half their time focused on things other than driving, e.g. eating, attending…
Demonstrative evidence expert witnesses may consult on courtroom exhibits, computer reconstruction, computer animation, forensic animation, and simulations. While demonstrative evidence is not real evidence, it illuminates the points being argued in court. In How to Build the Visual Foundation of Your Case, attorney Morgan Smith describes how to create simple…
DNA expert witness Dr. Mark W. Perlin testified in Beaver County, PA, in the 1979 cold case against Gregory Scott Hopkins. The murder case against Hopkins in the death of his girlfriend Catherine Janet Walsh was reopened due to modern DNA technology. Perlin testified regarding DNA evidence at the scene…
In Avoid This Expert Report Writing Error, construction site expert witness William Gulya, Jr., President & CEO, Middlesex Trenching Company, writes: As an experienced expert report writer and testifying expert I recommend that attorneys make sure their expert avoids this common expert report writing error. It is vital that an…
Juvenile justice system expert witness Paul DeMuro testified in a Polk County, FL, federal trial over the constitutional rights of juveniles at the Polk County jail and the conditions under which they are held. Representing the Southern Poverty Law Center in a class action suit, DeMuro described conditions at the…
Firearms expert witness Bryce Linskey testified in the Danbury, CT, murder trial of Robert Bell. Bell is accused in the shooting death of his wife Svetlana Bell in their home in December 2012. Mr. Linsky, now with the armed school security provider Direct Contact Solution LLC, is a retired sergeant…
Attorney and accounting expert witness Michael Wagner testified last week in the lost profits case between Samsung and Apple. Apple is asking for $114M in lost profits over a touch screen feature. Yesterday Samsung asked Judge Lucy Koh to stop the retrial after the US PTO said an Apple patent…
In 3 Tips for Improving your Expert CV, Rosalie Hamilton, the leading authority on expert witness marketing and founder of Expert Communications, offers advice on the form and content of your CV including: Read your CV as though you were reading someone else’s CV, with three or four others having…
Transportation safety expert witnesses may provide reports regarding transportation brokering, bus & truck safety, highways, transportation engineering, and transportation infrastructure. On its website, the American Transportation Associations describes how technology is changing the trucking business: The analysis and utilization of data is changing the driver, vehicle and operational landscape for…