Psychology expert witness William Meadows will testify in the defense of thirteen year old Duvall County, Florida, resident Cristian Fernandez. The expert had been slated to testify for the prosecution but now believes Fernandez did not understand his Miranda rights and will testify for the defense. Fernandez is charged with…
In Attempting to Exclude Expert Testimony, construction site expert witness William Gulya, Jr., President & CEO, Middlesex Trenching Company, writes: Because the use of expert witnesses at trial is increasing, it comes as no surprise that attempts to exclude expert testimony are also increasing. The first and most common is…
In Making Your Screen Shot Count – How to Defensibly Collect Web Pages and Social Media Posts When Risk of Spoliation is High or it is Infeasible to Collect from the Web Host, Paul Easton and Tom Klaff discuss electronic discovery and web based documents. They cite Arteria Property Pty…
Will County, IL, Judge Daniel Rozak is disallowing pharmacology expert witness testimony for the defense in the murder case against Christopher Vaughn. Vaughn, charged in the death of his wife and three children, is alleging that migraine medication his wife was taking led her to kill their three children and…
Environmental toxicology expert witness Dr. Herman Gibb testified for Oregon Guard soldiers in their case against KBR, defense contractor at an Iraqi water treatment plant. The soldiers say they were exposed to unsafe levels of the carcinogen hexavalent chromium. Dr. Gibb is the President of Tetra Tech Sciences, a health…
U.S. Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner in Chicago excluded damages expert witness testimony in Apple v. Motorola (1:11‐cv‐08540), ruling that neither Apple nor Motorola have been able to prove damages and will not be allowed to refile a claim. Regarding expert testimony, Judge Posner said: The biggest challenge to the…
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives signed off on a bill allowing rape expert witnesses to testify for the prosecution. If approved, Pennsylvania will be the last state to adopt such a law.
Emergency response times expert witness Robert C. Krause, M.S., EMT-P, testified in Copley v. Fairlawn Rothrock Road regarding response times from three fire stations to Copley Place, OH. Krause is an expert in Emergency Vehicle Driving Procedures & Standards and Fire Communications & Dispatch Procedure.
Building codes expert witness Francis Newhams testified in the case against Montgomery County, PA, builder R. Bruce Fazio. Fazio, builder of a 26 unit condo that was condemned in 2010, is charged with criminal endangerment due to poor construction of the residences. Newhams serves as Zoning & Building Official for…
In More effective use of experts in slip-and-fall cases – The right expert will help you to better prepare the case and win it at trial, attorney David Reinard writes: There is a second reason (besides trial) to retain an expert. A good expert can help you prepare the case.…