Jury selection begins today in the trial of five foreign-born Muslims from the Philadelphia area charged with planning a jihad-inspired attack on the Fort Dix military base. Trading Markets.com reports: The government’s case is built primarily around secretly recorded conversations made by two cooperating witnesses who befriended the defendants. Those…
Expert Witness Blog
Hiring the Right Medical Expert Witness
Hiring the right medical expert witness will provide proof and testimony in court to support your case. In Tips For Selecting The Right Expert Witness Service (Skynewswire.com), Rosie Fletcher writes: Living in a litigious society has made many of us think of court settlement as our first rather than the…
Massachusetts Supreme Court Exludes Expert Witness Testimony in WalMart Case Part 2
The Massachusetts Supreme court ruled Wednesday against Walmart in a victory for some 67,500 current and former employees who claimed the retail giant withheld their wages and cut short their breaks The Boston Herald reports: The Supreme Judicial Court vacated a 2006 trial court ruling that decertified the hourly employees’…
Automobile Expert Witness On Stolen Vehicles Part 3
In The Current Problems and Solutions with Examinations on reported stolen Vehicles automobile expert witness Rob Painter writes that expert witnesses who do stolen vehicle examinations should have proper training, not only in locks, but burn debris analysis, security system analysis, steering column locking mechanism understanding, and in general how…
Massachusetts Supreme Court Exludes Expert Witness Testimony in WalMart Case
The Boston Herald reports: The state’s highest court yesterday delivered a huge victory for some 67,500 current and former Massachusetts employees of Wal-Mart who claimed the retail giant systematically withheld their wages and cut short their breaks. The Supreme Judicial Court vacated a 2006 trial court ruling that decertified the…
Automobile Expert Witness On Stolen Vehicles Part 2
In The Current Problems and Solutions with Examinations on reported stolen Vehicles automobile expert witness Rob Painter writes that expert witnesses who do stolen vehicle examinations should have proper training, not only in locks, but burn debris analysis, security system analysis, steering column locking mechanism understanding, and in general how…
Apparel Expert Witness & Flammable Fabrics
The apparel expert witness can opine on issues regarding garment manufacturing, clothing durability, and flammable fabrics. Phoenix.gov explains that: All fabrics will burn but some are more combustible than others. Untreated natural fibers such as cotton, linen and silk burn more readily than wool, which is more difficult to ignite…
Automobile Expert Witness On Stolen Vehicles
In The Current Problems and Solutions with Examinations on reported stolen Vehicles automobile expert witness Rob Painter writes that expert witnesses who do stolen vehicle examinations should have proper training, not only in locks, but burn debris analysis, security system analysis, steering column locking mechanism understanding, and in general how…
Patents Expert Witness On Patent Reform Bill Part 2
The Senate version of the Patent Reform Act (S1145) was taken off the schedule in April 2008, meaning it will not be considered by the full Senate any time in the near future. Patents expert witness Daryl Martin’s company website Consor writes: Large IT companies and other technology companies are…
Maritime Expert Witness On Reconstruction of Collision
Both Robert LaPointe and Terry Raye Trott apparently violated boating safety rules prior to a fatal boat crash on Long Lake, Maine, last summer, witnesses for the state testified at LaPointe’s manslaughter trial Tuesday. Milford Daily News writes: LaPointe, 39, of Medway, Mass., was going too fast at night and…