Expert Witness Blog
"Covering topics including expert witness news, expert testimony, researching experts, Daubert, expert witness marketing, and more."
Author: Karen Olson is the law librarian at JurisPro, a professional marketing company that maintains a free online directory of expert witnesses for the legal community.
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Recent Posts from Expert Witness Blog
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Medical Expert Witness On Federal Lawsuit Against Portland Police
The medical examiner who performed the autopsy on James P. Chasse Jr. after he died in police custody says Chasse suffered 46 separate abrasions or contusions on his body, including six to the head and…
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Pool Expert On VGB Act
The Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act was signed into law in December 2007, giving owners of public pools until December 2008 to comply with the new pool drain safety requirements. This law…
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Pathology Expert Witness Testifies In Shaken Baby Trial
Pathology expert witness Dr. Janice Ophoven testified Tuesday in the trial of Amy Dierks, the Sioux Falls day care provider accused of shaking a six-month-old child into a coma-like state in November 2007. In reviewing…
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Securities Expert Witness & Qwest CEO Case
Former Qwest (NYSE: Q) CEO Joe Nacchio, now residing in a Pennsylvania prison camp, has received the news that the US Supreme Court may be considering a review of his conviction on insider-trading charges...The high…
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Electronic Discovery Expert Witness On Deleted Email Part 2
In Challenges in Recovering Deleted Email, electronic discovery expert witness Steve Burgess writes: There are three main types of email in common usage – Microsoft Outlook (often paired with a Microsoft Exchange Server), text-based email…
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Trust and Estates Expert Witness On Michael Jackson Inheritance
Trust and estates expert witness Mina N. Sirkin says it is likely that the nomination of guardian by Michael Jackson relating to the two children he had with his ex-wife, Debbie Rowe may fail because…
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Michael Jackson's Medical Expert
Investigators in Michael Jackson's sudden death have turned their focus towards the prescription drugs that the pop legend had been taking and a mysterious doctor who was with him when he went into cardiac arrest.…
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Forensic Engineering Expert Witness On New NYC Legislation
Forensic engineering expert witness Andrew Yarmus writes that on May 12, 2009, the Epoch Times reported that newly announced NYC legislation will enhance safety protocols, oversight, and inter-agency communication at construction, demolition, and abatement site…
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Sexual Abuse Expert Witnesses On How Jurors React
Sexual abuse expert witnesses Professor Vanessa Munro of The University of Nottingham and Dr Louise Ellison of the University of Leeds found jurors have a poor understanding of the various ways in which women might…
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Hydrology Expert Witness On Dam Seepage
Army Corps of Engineers officials said Tuesday that water is flowing through the 48-year-old Howard Hanson Dam's right abutment "very fast" and may mean the earth-and-rock structure could erode if too much water is stored…