Texas justices seated on the Ninth Court of Appeals recently affirmed a lower court’s order rejecting Pinnacle Healthcare’s argument that the plaintiffs’ medical expert reports are inadequate.
Delores Calvin and Herman Johnson sued The Oaks at Beaumont and one of its doctors in June 2009, alleging their mother died from shock after being given incorrect dosages of anticoagulants.
Read more: setexasrecor.com.
In Opinion analysis: New curb on crime lab reports, journalist Lyle Denniston writes:
A closely divided Supreme Court on Thursday continued its pattern of restricting prosecutors’ use of out-of-court statements to get criminal convictions, ruling that a report of a crime lab is valid evidence only if the technician who did the testing or observed it – not a substitute witness – is called to the stand.
Read more: scotusblog.com
Trucking expert witnesses may write reports and testify on federal motor carrier safety regulations, the truck manufacturing industry, qualifications of truck drivers, and related topics. Transport Topics offers trucking and freight transportation news and this week reports:
The National Labor Relations Board has proposed changes to federal rules governing union organizing elections, including limiting the time employers have to fight representation votes, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.
“The proposed amendments are designed to fix flaws in the board’s current procedures that build in unnecessary delays, allow wasteful litigation, and fail to take advantage of modern communication technologies,” a statement on NLRB’s website said.
An Arizona jury convicted a self-help guru Wednesday for the deaths of three clients during a 2009 sweat lodge ceremony that went horribly awry. Medical examiners Drs. Archaius Mosley and Robert Lyon, emergency room physician Dr. Brent Cutshall, the State’s expert witness Dr. Matthew Dickson and defense expert Dr. Ian Paul testified as key medical witnesses in the negligent homicide trial.
Read more: slatestslate.com.
Psychiatry expert witness Dr. Gerard Figurelli testified Monday in the defense case of Police Officer Joseph Rios III. Figurelli testified that medical records indicate alleged beating victim Ronnie Holloway suffered from a host of schizophrenic symptoms through the years that included violence while prosecutors argue that Ronnie Hollaway was the victim of the Passaic police officer’s excessive use of force.
Read more: northjersey.com.
U.S. District Judge Thomas Thrash, (ND Georgia) refused to disqualify several experts and attorneys in an antitrust litigation stemming from a patent dispute over AndroGel, a medication used to increase testosterone production. The plaintiffs, direct purchasers or the medication, wish to retain Dr. Bozena Michniak-Kohn and Dr. Howard Maibach as expert witnesses in topical drug delivery.
In 2000, the Food and Drug Administration approved Solvay Pharmaceuticals’ application for an exclusive three-year license to sell AndroGel for the treatment of male hypogonadism, a medical condition in which the body fails to produce normal levels of testosterone.
Read more: courthousenews.com.
In Creating a Sales Presence in the Global Marketplace, marketing strategy expert witness Glen Balzer writes:
Companies operating only in their home market or in a limited number of global markets understandably worry about entering a new foreign market. Risks are many and opportunities for problems are enormous. There is an additional risk of taking the corporate eye off the core business and revenue stream. What should a company planning to enter a foreign market do in order to protect itself from failure and improve its chances for success? A company can create an eight-step plan that includes:
1. Properly setting expectations 2. Developing a bank of resources 3. Studying local market norms 4. Hiring a country manager 5. Selecting a manufacturers’ representative 6. Negotiating a representative agreement 7. Preparing for fraud and scandal 8. Incorporating lessons from competitors
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has called on a national construction expert to lead an independent review of the costly and long-running improvements project on the I-287 Cross Westchester Expressway.
Cuomo on June 8 said Peter M. Lehrer, chairman of Lehrer L.L.C., a leading New York City construction consultant, will work on the project pro bono, with other experts to be retained as needed.
Read more: westfaironline.com.
U.S. Rep. Scott Rigell thinks he might have an answer to the erosion problems that threaten to wash away Tangier Island: anchor old barges along the shoreline, without any cost to taxpayers. The fishing mecca in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay is losing between 4 and 12 feet a year to rising sea levels, exposure to storms, and sinking land. Scott Hardaway, a coastal engineering expert with the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, said the Eastern Shore already has marine vessels acting as breakwaters – concrete ships anchored off Kiptopeke State Park.
Read more: hamptonroads.com.
In EXPERT PAY DISCUSSION, Rosalie Hamilton, Legal Marketing Strategist for Expert Consultants, writes:
My recommendation is to use an agreement that lays out simply and clearly, at a minimum, your rates for review, deposition, court appearance, travel time, and expenses, as well as your required retainer. I also recommend that you include a cancellation policy so you are not left holding an empty bag along with an empty waiting room or office when deposition or court appearances are postponed or cancelled. There should be signature lines for you and the client and dates for both signatures.
In your engagement agreement, you can also choose to spell out your expected payment schedule and other details. You can specify additional elements as venue in case of disagreement, although some experts do not wish to bring up the negative.
