Plaintiff filed suit against defendant related to personal injury which occurred on board the defendant’s vessel.  The defendant hired a Petroleum Engineering Expert Witness to provide testimony.  The plaintiff filed a motion to exclude this expert from testifying.  The court granted the motion to exclude.

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Plaintiff filed suit against defendant related to a personal injury claim.  Plaintiff hired a Vocational Evaluation & Rehabilitation Expert Witness to provide testimony.  Defendant filed a motion to exclude this expert from testifying.  The court denied the motion to exclude.

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In his article: Date Rape Drugs: Psychiatry, Pharmacology and Law – Weaponized Chemistry, a Medicine Cabinet of Assault, Forensic Psychiatrist Sanjay Adhia, M.D. examines the use of drugs and/or alcohol by sexual predators to render a victim incapacitated.

Dr. Adhia points out that drug-facilitated sexual assault (DFSA) is more easily reported while the drug is still in the victim’s system, and thus more easily testable.    The article examines the effects of  alcohol consumption and “date-rape” drugs on a person, and how one can proactively defend against such assaults.