In Quality Fade in China, international trade expert witness Rosemary Coates of Blue Silk Consulting writes: Products manufactured or assembled in low cost countries, aren’t designed to break or poison anybody. In fact, typically when a new contract is signed and specs are given for initial production at a new…
Livestock expert witnesses may advise regarding livestock accidents, farming, and livestock production. In livestock cases ranch owners have been found negligent when farm fencing was not properly maintained resulting in farm animals wandering onto a highway and causing an accident. Livestock accidents also include the deaths of farmers killed each…
Bus accident expert witnesses may consult regarding transportation accidents, motor carriers, truck safety, and bus safety. On September 14, 2013, thirty people were injured when a Greyhound bus drove off the highway 25 miles north of Cincinnati and landed on its side. As of Sunday night The Ohio State Highway…
Weather and meteorology expert witnesses may opine on rain, severe storm analysis, snow, weather forecasting, and more. This week emergency officials say at least 1,000 people in Colorado are waiting to be rescued from flood waters. Albuquerque National Weather Service meteorologist Jason Frazier commented on the flooding in central and…
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 Litigation Tip: The Best Way to Get Demonstrative Evidence Admitted at Trial, attorney Morgan Smith defines demonstrative…
At ABAJournal.com, McElhaney on Litigation, Jim McElhaney writes: Enter Angus: His Initial Words of Wisdom Focus on Cross-Examining Expert Witnesses. McElhaney spent 25 years as a litigation columnist for the ABA Journal and in this article he discusses ways to cross examine an expert, including MAKE HIM YOUR WITNESS. Read…
Mortgages expert witnesses may consult on mortgage loans, variable rate mortgages, reverse mortgages, conventional mortgages, and mortgage fraud, among other topics. In Is Mortgage Fraud Really Decreasing?, attorney and editor of Mortgage Fraud Blog Rachel Dollar comments on The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network analysis of Mortgage Fraud SAR Filings in…
In Finding the Cream of the Crop: Hiring an Expert Witness construction site expert witness William Gulya, Jr., President & CEO, Middlesex Trenching Company, writes: There are multiple ways to locate the expert you need, such as referral agencies, online and print directories, and searching by keyword on the Internet.…
Defense attorney Brent Eric Peck is again asking to use testimony from a psychology expert witness regarding battered woman syndrome in the case against Erin Everett. Everett is charged in Somerset County Court of Common Pleas, PA, with homicide in the death of her roommate Tory Minnick.
Neurosurgery expert witnesses may opine on neurosurgeons, trauma neurosurgery, neurosurgery standard of care, and spinal surgery. In the news, The New Hampshire Department of Health and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health are investigating the use of contaminated surgical equipment which may have exposed patients to the fatal brain disease,…