I wonder if anyone's
subjected expert testimony to the same scrutiny as, for example, the cost - effectiveness of toothpaste?
Not exact matches
Managing Director of Rebalance IRA, Scott Puritz, is a nationally recognized authority on retirement investing and was asked to provide the Senate with
expert testimony on the
subject.
When a non-expert in an area can convince another non-expert scientist (you) to have doubts against the
testimony, credibility, dozens of research papers by of one of the leading
experts in the world on a
subject, then score one for Team Heartland...
During the
testimony, Laurie admitted she was not an
expert in the
subject matter she was called to testify on, and qualified
experts in additional
testimony...
Courts regularly rely on scientific
expert testimony, involving for example DNA evidence in criminal trials, where judges and juries have no competence in the
subject matter.
Under Florida Statute Section 90.702,
experts may offer their opinion on any
subject in a case that is appropriate for
expert testimony, meaning a matter in which the
testimony would assist the jury in determining any fact that is relevant to the elements of a claim or defense.
Regular speaker and trainer on
subjects related to international commercial arbitration, franchising law, civil procedure,
testimony and
expert testimony.
Sworn
testimony (
subject to cross-examination) by a qualified handwriting
expert stating so would be evidence of a forged signature.
Later in the process, as the case gets closer to trial, the attorneys for each side are required to disclose the names of their
expert witnesses and to indicate the
subject matter of their
testimony.
As litigators, it's our job to make sure (1) the
expert report is accurate and comprehensive to the needed
expert testimony that serves the client's litigation needs and (2) that the
expert is well prepared to be deposed and then testify on the
subject matter of that report.
If, in fact, the
expert's
testimony is based on a computer simulation, then it may be
subject to a Daubert or Frye test.
The judge concluded that the
expert's
testimony was
subject to a Daubert review even though it was «technical» rather than «scientific,» and that, based on such review, the
expert's methods were not reliable.
In the past seven years the Supreme Court has changed the fundamental role of trial judges by expanding, in Daubert, the analyses by which trial judges admit or exclude
expert testimony and by broadening, in Kumho, the scope of
testimony subjected to this kind of review.
To the extent called to the attention of an
expert witness upon cross-examination or relied upon by the
expert witness in direct examination, statements contained in published treatises, periodicals, or pamphlets on a
subject of history, medicine, or other science or art, established a reliable authority by the
testimony or admission of the witness or by other
expert testimony or by judicial notice.
Initially, the First Circuit focused on the standards of Daubert / Kumho, stating that this type of
expert testimony is
subject to a Daubert review, that the trial judge has broad latitude in determining the admissibility of an
expert, and that the trial judge's decision will only be reversed for an abuse of discretion.
2786 (1993), the Supreme Court abandoned the «general acceptance» test as the sole determinant in admission of scientific
expert testimony in favor of a broader examination, which included such factors as whether the opinions have been or can be tested, whether they have been
subjected to peer review or published, their rate of error, and their general acceptance in the field.
The difference between community and separate property, or combinations of both, is a frequent
subject of dispute in divorce cases requiring detailed and
expert tracing
testimony.