In How to Use Experts to Prove the Plaintiff’s Case, Thomas M. Demsey advises attorneys on how to find the right fit with an expert witness. In complex factual situations such as products liability cases Demsey states that “Too often the initial consideration is not well thought-out.” Demsey gives tips…
Mark Jensen, 48, of Pleasant Prairie, WI, is accused of poisoning and suffocating his wife Julie Jensen, 40. Dr. Barry Rumack, a medical toxicologist and former director of the Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center in Denver, testified as a poison expert witness that he read many of the prosecution…
Chico State students Chris Bizot and Mike Murphy and Butte College student Matthew Krupp face charges for hazing pledges in 2007. All three belonged to Beta Theta Pi, a fraternity that lost university and international recognition after the police were contacted about hazing activities. Bizot’s lawyer, Bill Mayo has requested…
Vermont prosecutors say they need more time to find an expert witness to testify against a Colchester orthopedic surgeon charged with performing improper examinations on nine young female patients. According to WPTZ.com: Joseph Abate, head of sports medicine at Fletcher Allen Health Care’s orthopedic and rehabilitation department, is facing 14…
Alcohol, Drug & DUI Testing expert witnesses can save clients in a DWI case and they would not have easy access to these expert witnesses without the criminal defense attorney. If the client chooses a public defender, they will not get the best possible defense. American Chronicle.com writes on the…
Maryland’s highest court is deciding whether a consumer suing a car company under the federal lemon law needs an expert witness to testify about a defect in the car. Mary Crickenberger, represented by Kimmel & Silverman, says she had numerous electrical problems with her Hyundai in the three years after…
The Defense Department announced Monday that charges have been sworn against six detainees at Guantanamo, alleged to be responsible for the planning and execution of the attacks upon the United States of America which occurred on Sept. 11, 2001. Those attacks resulted in the death of nearly 3,000 people. The…
Gary Dodds, a former New Hampshire congressional candidate, is accused of faking his disappearance after a car crash in April 2006 in a plot to attract attention to his campaign. Dodds claims he wandered away dazed from the car accident with a head injury, crossed a river and collapsed but…
n How Attorneys Can Best Utilize Their Medical Expert Witness: A Medical Expert’s Perspective, Dr. Vernon M. Neppe MD, PhD, FRSSAf, FAPA, writes that expert witness testimony depends on finding an appropriate match for your case. This excerpt deals with computerized materials. Experts’ styles vary. For example, my specific preferences…
Patrick Ball was the first expert witness called in the case against the former Serbian president, who was representing himself against mass atrocity charges at the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia. The statistics expert witness spent 10 months crunching numbers about migration patterns in Kosovo. Ball’s findings suggested that hundreds…