A DNA expert witness from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension testified that DNA recovered from the victim's body matches that of defendant John Fitzgerald Thomas. Thomas is accused of sexually assaulting a woman in North Mankato, MN, in February 2011.
Real estate expert witness Michael K. Ryan, President of CastleLyons Corporation, was selected to provide testimony on behalf of the FDIC in proceedings against a dissolved bank. Ryan was asked to share his expertise on a number of matters regarding real estate entitlement, development, and standard of care issues that the case involved.
Read more: http://castlelyons.net/.
Police procedures expert witness Robert F. Thomas Jr. of the Mecklenburg County, NC, Attorney's Office, testified that sheriff Rudy Torres was justified in using a stun gun twice on Jarrel Gray during an arrest. The expert said "The entire course of action, in my judgment, was wise and prudent.” Gray's parents area seeking $145M in the wrongful death suit.
Psychiatry expert witness Joseph Glenmullen testified in the Texas case against Johnson & Johnson. Glenmullen, a clinical instructor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, said J&J hid information revealing that the antipsychotic drug Risperdal could cause weight gain, leading to diabetes.
General Motors Chairman and CEO Dan Akerson will testify this week regarding the investigation into fire risks in the Chevrolet Volt. Traffic safety expert David Strickland, Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, will also testify before a panel of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
Mr. Strickland oversees the broad range of vehicle safety and policymaking programs under NHTSA's jurisdiction — including setting vehicle safety standards, investigating possible safety defects, and tracking safety-related recalls; establishing and enforcing regulations on fuel economy; investigating odometer fraud and publishing vehicle theft data.
Read more: http://www.nhtsa.gov/.
Attorney James Crouch has hired a medical expert to testify for Apex, NC, Councilman Scott Lassite who was found guilty of DWI. The expert will testify in Wake County Superior court that Lassiter's medical condition, gastroesophageal reflux disease, created a high alcohol reading.
Read more: www.careynews.com.
Lachlan Clyne, mayor of Unley, Australia, has hired a computers expert witness in the case against him involving identity theft and dishonest dealings. Mr. Clyne says he will plead not guilty in the Magistrates Court charges against him this week regarding the local government's 2010 election campaign.
Psychiatry expert witness Dominique Bourget testified in Montreal court that Guy Turcotte presents a low risk to public safety and should be released without conditions in a hearing to determine whether the former cardiologist can be returned to society.
Television expert witness Edwin Desser, president of Desser Sports Media Inc., testified this month on behalf of Fox Sports in the Los Angeles Dodgers bankruptcy case. The former senior executive in the NBA Commissioner's Office for 23 years said that the Dodgers are worth about $100M a year. U.S. District Judge Leonard Stark is presiding in the Delaware Bankruptcy Court case.
Read more: justia.com.
Anesthesiology expert witness Dr. Steven Shafer testified for the prosecution in the Dr. Conrad Murray trial. Shafer, who has special expertise in postoperative pain, testified there was an improper "employer-employee" relationship between the singer and the defendant. He also testified that when the drug propofol is administered outside of a hospital, it is critical to have the appropriate equipment. Outside of a hospital, if "you have an error, you have a mortality."
Attorney Steve Gordon served as an entertainment expert witness in In Capitol Records v. MP3Tunes, Inc. District Judge William H. Pauley (S.D.N.Y.) ruled that the digital music locker business of MP3Tunes is protected by the Digital Millenium Copyright Act. Gordon served as Director of Business Affairs at Sony Music from 1991 to 2001.
The US Department of Justice has blocked AT&T from taking over Deutsche Telekom AG's T-Mobile USA. Antitrust law expert witness and Howard University law professor Andy Gavil testified before Congress saying, "Having read the complaint, I don't see a basis for a negotiated settlement."
Two medical expert witnesses testified Friday in the Charleston, WV, trial of Larry Allen Hayes Jr., accused of abusing his girlfriend's 1-year-old daughter. Forensic pathology expert witness Dr. Thomas Young said the child's death was not from shaken baby syndrome but a result of an earlier incident.
Education expert witness Eric Hanushek testified this week in the Lobato v. State (Colorado) school funding case. Hanushek, a professor at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, testified for the defense regarding achievement and school funding.
Bruce Baker, a national school finance expert, testified Friday that Colorado’s school finance system is especially regressive for districts with high numbers of poor children and English language learners because it doesn’t compensate for the higher costs of teaching such students.
Read more: ednewscolorado.org.
Hometown Bank notified the Galveston County 10th District Court on July 1 that it has selected Michael L. Wilson to testify as an expert witness on legal fees during litigation arising from Pasadena resident Manzoor A. Memon's case. Memon is suing Syed Rashid Bukhari for assaulting him in the bank's League City parking lot after a chance encounter last March.
Wilson will testify "on the subject of reasonable and necessary attorney's fees, including but not limited to the attorney's fees for the defendant in this lawsuit, as well as any issue raised by any other expert witness."
Read more: setexasrecord.com.
A study by environmental expert witness Alisa Rich showing elevated levels of air pollutants and toxins such as benzene led residents in Denton County, TX, to complain to the state that they were breathing polluted air and suffering negative health effects from natural gas compressor stations. When controversies have arisen over natural gas drilling and its impact on air and water quality in North Texas, Alisa Rich has often been a key player.
Critics of gas drilling have cited her findings in calling for tougher environmental regulation of the industry. "I would like to see the industry invest less money in their marketing propaganda and direct that funding towards technical equipment that can reduce emissions, rather than try to convince individuals that emissions do not occur and that industrial mining is 'safe,'" Rich said, referring to natural gas extraction. "Industrial mining is neither safe to the occupational workers nor to individuals subjected to carcinogenic emissions and surface contamination of radioactive materials from mining natural gas."
Read more: star-telegram.com
Procter & Gamble won a big victory in its defense of dozens of lawsuits over its Fixodent products. A federal judge in Miami threw out the lead case in a series of lawsuits that claimed using the denture cream caused nerve damage.
U.S. District Court Judge Cecilia Altonaga did not rule on the merits of the plaintiffs' claims. But she ruled that the expert witnesses the plaintiffs planned to call would not be permitted to testify. Their opinions, she ruled, were not based on enough scientific evidence and so she would not allow them to present their theory to a jury - that the zinc in Fixodent caused harm.
Read more: cincinnati.com.
In the wrongful death suit involving University Central Florida football player Ereck Plancher, the jury has awarded the family $10 million in damages. The jury found the UCF Athletic Association negligent in Plancher's death.
Plancher collapsed and died following off season conditioning drills at the UCF football complex on March 18, 2008. Orange County medical examiner Joshua Stephany and three experts hired by the Plancher family attorneys testified Plancher died from complications of sickle cell trait.
Read more: sun-sentinel.com.
A Pueblo district judge disqualified two expert witnesses in the attempted-murder trial of Robert Bruce, one of whom was an expert in the field of propane gas. District Judge David Crockenberg ruled that the Pueblo, CO, district attorney's office failed to provide notice and share the results of the experts' testing with Bruce's defense team in a timely manner.
Bruce is set to go on trial July 19 for attempting to blow up the home of Pueblo police officer Nathan Pruce on Oct. 6, 2009.
Read more: chieftan.com.
