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Expert Testimony
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TortsProf Blog
Conference: Expertise in the Courtroom
VILLANOVA LAW SCHOOL CONFERENCE ON EXPERTISE IN THE COURTROOMSaturday, Oct. 21, 2006, 9 am-3 pmVillanova University School of Law(Full announcement is here.)The 2006 Norman J. Shachoy Annual Symposium, sponsored by…
TortsProf Blog
Expert Testimony Can’t Be Basis for Professional Sanctions
...or so says one judge, noted at Blog 702 (who also has the TRO itself, which is fairly cursory). The short version is that a neurologist testified for the plaintiff…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
NJ Requires Affidavits of Merit in Legal Malpractice Cases
Here is an interesting article from the NYLJ by Nelson Canter, which discusses the NJ requirement of an affidavit of merits which must be filed in all malpractice cases, including…
Delaware Business Litigation Report
Superior Court Finds that Plaintiffs’ Medical and Scientific Evidence that Exposure to Automotive Friction Products Increases the Risk of Contracting an Asbestos-related Disease is Sufficiently Reliable Under the Daubert Test
In re Asbestos Litigation, C.A. No. 77C-ASB-2, 2006 WL 1231123 (Del. Super. Ct. May 9, 2006). DaimlerChrysler Corporation ("Chrysler") moved in limine to exclude plaintiffs' friction products (ie. brake and…
TortsProf Blog
Shameless Self Promotion: Peer Review Discovery and Litigation-Driven Scholarship
My current article (out under review all over the place), The Overlapping Magisteria of Law and Science: When Litigation and Science Collide, is now up on SSRN. The abstract (with…
Appellate and Supreme Court
New York appellate court relaxes Daubert tests on causation evidence
By Ken Shigley
NY court warns against too strict an application of Daubert test can result in prematurely choking off valid claims.
TortsProf Blog
Experts, Be Cautious
This Virginia opinion [PDF, via Day] points out a perhaps-rare but real danger to physicians involved in examinations of litigants: a malpractice suit brought based on the conduct of that…
Bankruptcy Litigation Blog 2.0
NY Bankruptcy Judge Stan Bernstein Tosses Expert’s Business Valuation Opinion in a “Must Read” Decision
Self-proclaimed "true" (i.e., non-bankruptcy) litigators who find themselves having to litigate in bankruptcy's free-wheeling arena often lament that "nothing's inadmissible in bankruptcy; everything just goes to the weight of the…
Family Law Prof Blog
Case Law Development: Necessity for Independent Counsel for Child in Dependency Actions; Admission of Expert Testimony and GAL Reports when Based on Hearsay
By Family Law
In a child dependency action, the Ohio Court of Appeals was called upon to address a number of procedural protections for both parent and child. In this proceeding, the court…
Traumatic Brain Injury Law Blog
Daubert and Expert Testimony Podcast
Daubert and Expert Testimony Podcast from the NABIS Seminar September 2005.