In Public Safety Experts: No Longer “The Retired Cop,” emergency communications and 911 expert witness Charles D. Carter writes: It has been well-established that an expert witness is someone who the court recognizes as an authority on a specific topic. Every profession has specific criteria for individuals who desire to…
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Property Management Expert Witnesses On California Landlord Tenants Bill Part 2
Property management experts at The Lightner Property Group write: Currently, there are a number of bills which have passed both the Senate and the Assembly which are of interest to landlords and tenants in California. The first of our three bills, AB 1800 (Hagman-Ma), is a response to the numerous…
Handwriting Expert Witness On Ink & Paper Examinations Part 1
In Nondestructive Ink and Paper Examinations, handwriting expert witness Ronald N. Norris writes: When most people think of ink analysis they, think that it is a destructive examination which means my document is going to be severely damaged or destroyed. That is not completely accurate. There is a way of…
The Role of the Expert Witness Part 3
In What are the qualifications to be an expert witness?, David Goodwyne writes: b) Experience – Obviously the expert witness should be someone with the relevant practical experience in the field which he claims is his scope of expertise. A “forensic expert” who has never been inside a lab is…
General Surgery Expert Witness Opines On “Error Of Judgment”
A Sheffield, UK, man bled to death in the hospital after an “error of judgment” by an experienced surgeon, an inquest has ruled. Andrew Vernon, aged 38, of Moorwinstow Croft, Dore, died after Dr. Dermot Gleeson tried to take a sample of what he thought was a polyp in his…
Medical Expert Witness Report Questioned In Appeals Court
For the second time in a year, the Ninth District Court of Appeals has been tapped to decide whether or not a plaintiffs’ medical expert witness reports meet Texas Civil Code requirements. As the Southeast Texas Record previously reported, in November 2008 Ivalyn and Lee Anderson, an Orange couple, filed…
Property Management Expert Witnesses On California Landlord Tenant Bills Part 1
Property management experts at The Lightner Property Group write: Currently, there are a number of bills which have passed both the Senate and the Assembly which are of interest to landlords and tenants in California. The first of our three bills, AB 1800 (Hagman-Ma), is a response to the numerous…
Law Enforcement Expert Witness On The Most Credible Witness Part 2
Law enforcement expert witness, attorney, and former police chief Andy Hall writes: An Expert Witness is someone who the court recognizes as an authority on a specific topic. In order to be accepted as an expert witness, the court will require the expert to present his/her qualifications under oath so…
The Role Of The Expert Witness
In What are the qualifications to be an expert witness?, David Goodwyne writes: What an exactly is an expert witness? An expert witness, as the name suggests, is an individual who is a person whose opinion can be relied upon in respect of an issue or fact that is relevant…
Fire Expert Witness & Texas Arson Investigation
Members of a Texas state panel reviewing the quality of a 1991 arson investigation that helped send a Corsicana man to his execution went back to the drawing board last week, refusing to approve a draft report that cleared the investigators of professional negligence. In a session of the Texas…