Sentences with phrase «such as expert witnesses»

We cover the up - front costs, such as expert witnesses, and won't ask you to reimburse us unless you receive a settlement or verdict.

However, if you lose the case, you might have to cover the expenses your attorney racked up, such as expert witnesses, copies of medical reports and court filing fees, says Worters.

You may also find yourself dealing with a range of support staff and other colleagues, such as expert witnesses, judges, even the families and friends of clients.

Clients should be asked to prepay anticipated major cost items, such as expert witness fees, deposition expenses, extensive travel and other case - related costs.

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You may not like the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, you may not agree with their tenets, you may even feel you are such an expert on what makes someone a Christian and have the right to make the judgement on who is and who isn't, but spouting off inaccurate claims indicates no credibility, and inasmuch as Jesus said «thou shalt not bear false witness» I guess it doesn't leave you looking much like a Christian.

Additionally, he is often called on to resolve differences of opinion between contract winemakers and their clients and has been engaged as expert witness in legal cases involving wine quality, value and technical issues, such as closures.

«In the face of such orders and the ethical dilemmas to which they give rise, medical professionals likely would decline to serve as expert witnesses in lethal injection cases in the first place, robbing the parties and the courts of appropriate expert testimony that would assist them in accurately adjudicating the important constitutional issues this and similar cases present,» the authors write in the brief.

The qualifications you'll need for jobs in forensic science vary from a bachelor's degree in a natural science, such as chemistry, biology, geology, or physics, for entry - level forensic technician positions, to the master's or Ph.D. level for more senior laboratory and expert witness positions.

PLI has supplied consulting and expert witnesses to law firms across the size spectrum, from the region's largest, such as Wyatt, Tarrant and Combs and Frost, Brown, Todd, to the smallest firms and solo practitioners.

Payment for reasonable expenses incurred that were a result of recovery from an Identity Fraud such as; credit freeze, credit thaw costs, transcript costs, appeal bond, court filing fees, expert witness or courier fees;

Payment for reasonable expenses incurred that were a result of recovery from an identity fraud such as: credit freeze, credit thaw costs, transcript costs, appeal bond, court filing fees and expert witness fees.

BTW Gavin was on Roberts» show today too, I thought at the time, ya know, having Gavin, or Mann, or Hansen on these shows running interference for... themselves... is kinda like having John Gotti testifying before a House Subcommittee on Organized Crime as an expert witness and telling them «there is no such thing as the Mafia.»

Even his moments of most spectacular looniness, such as calling Michael Crichton as an expert witness to a Senate hearing, are entirely at home in the comfortable personal history he has woven as the dumbest man in the Senate.

«Video products and services will be available through www.courtroomview.com and the Law.com network, allowing subscribers to view full trials or key elements such as opening and closing arguments and expert witness testimony, along with all exhibits presented to the jury.

In order to prove which party was liable for your injuries and the value of damages, your attorney may need to use many different types of expert witnesses, such as:

The report details significant contributions to mesothelioma research made by some such attorneys, as well as some asbestos lawyers sending «elaborate gift baskets» to doctors, providing tickets to «professional sporting events,» or offering «paid work as expert witnesses.»

Proving medical malpractice can be a very complex journey and requires a Pittsburgh medical malpractice team of lawyers such as ours with both the experience and knowledge to call upon and work with medical expert witnesses in order to build the strongest case that will get the victim the compensation deserved.

Firms should encourage their clients to pay lawyer costs directly, e.g., litigation expenses such as costs of deposition transcripts, expert witness fees and the like.

It covers confidential communications between a lawyer and his or her client, or a lawyer or client and a third party (such as a witness of fact, an expert witness or a consultant) where the dominant purpose is advising on, or obtaining evidence in relation to, actual or contemplated litigation.

In addition to providing expert witness testimony, we are often called upon as consulting experts to assess the financial merits of potential litigation, and to assist with resolving disputes outside the courtroom, such as during mediation.

For example, in a personal injury case, an expert witness such as the plaintiff's doctor may explain the severity of the plaintiff's injuries.

Proving defects can involve information that's very specialized and technical, such as engineering schematics or blueprints, and often means that expert witnesses are needed to testify about how the product should have been designed or manufactured in order to be safe.

He or she will coordinate the case and deal with all the paperwork that the case generates, such as dealing with correspondence, putting together the witness statements, organising experts, issuing the proceedings and looking after the case until it gets to trial.

These provide quick access to membership services, event registration and key services such as the DRI's expert witness database.

Nobody enjoys the dire effects of food poisoning and the mere thought of consuming contaminated food, rings several bells with health officials; as a consequence, this can result in a far more complex legal segment in which expert witnesses, such as our next guest, are challenged to investigate in the most intricate of scenarios.

Counsel need to ensure that the expert witness understands matters such as the difference between the legal burden of proof and scientific certainty, the need to clarify the facts and assumptions underlying the expert's opinion, the need to confine the report to matters within the expert witness's area of expertise and the need to avoid usurping the court's function as the ultimate arbiter of the issues.

Likewise, economic damages can be extrapolated into the future through the use of expert witnesses, such as an economist, life - care planner or medical professional.

R.E.M. and B.M. (also Griecken, [2009] O.J. No. 5037 at 24 — 25) cite Bell, [1997] N.W.T.J. No. 18 (CA) at para 28:... Where, as here, expert evidence is offered by the defence, in its efforts to make full answer and defence, a trial court should not impose, as noted in Mohan, too strict a standard for the necessity of such evidence, especially where as here the witness recognized the need to avoid crossing into the jury's domain.

Further, it may be necessary to introduce expert witnesses and research, such as the studies performed by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute which demonstrated that texting while driving increases the risk of being involved in an accident by 23 times.

If you require an expert witness, you must also seek permission from the procedural judge to adduce such evidence, and he may well give directions as to whether the expert should be a single joint expert or a party - appointed expert.

Pre-hearing conferences: for complex hearings or those with expert witnesses, consideration should be given to a pre-hearing conference where the order of witnesses can be addressed as well as other potential reasons for adjournment requests (such as disclosure issues).

I work as a consultant forensic engineer and expert witness within RINA primarily working on cases involving electrical and electronic failures in areas such as telecoms, consumer electronics, industrial installations and utilities.

This action plan includes a thorough investigation of how your accident happened and our client's injuries and, when necessary, interviews of witnesses and consultations with medical experts about issues such as the nature and severity of your injuries, whether you will have permanent impairment, your future medical needs and lost income, and any work restrictions you may have.

The upfront costs such as court fees, hiring expert witnesses, investigations, etc. are paid by the law firm until a successful resolution is reached.

Direct examination can be used to question either a lay witness, such as the injured plaintiff or defendant in a personal injury case, or to question an expert.

In such scenarios, a key consideration of the justice system is how to ensure that expert witnesses offer an unbiased scientific or technical opinion based upon their training and expertise, rather than act as «hired guns» who present unbalanced opinions unduly favouring the party that retains them.

The review team can relatively easily create a list of the main tasks that drove the fee for various phases of the matter — for example, the number of depositions taken or expert witnesses prepared, or the number of areas where specialized due diligence was required, such as environmental or intellectual property.

For expert - witness reviews, ratings grade such factors as prior experience, value for fees, level of involvement, command of information, technical skills, analytical skills, timeliness, objectivity and communication skills.

The ultimate requirement for experts under Part 35 and 25 Civil Procedure Rule and other such protocols, and indeed the RICS guidance to surveyors acting as expert witnesses, is to maintain an expert's ultimate duty to the Court in preparing and presenting evidence, and obviously not to their instructing parties.

GVA has a UK wide network of surveyors experienced in expert witness work, many of whom are also RICS accredited experts, and who cover the full set of property skill sets and hence potential areas of dispute in real estate in Courts, Tribunals and Inquiries, and alternative dispute resolution arenas, such as Mediation.

Serving as an expert witness, Mr. Choksey will be revealing in the next two editions of Lawyer Monthly various conditions which are subject to medical negligence and where improvement can be made in order to avoid such lawsuits.

The court will then review the claim and make orders about how the case will be run, covering areas such as expert evidence and witness statements.

There are certain expenses, such as court costs and expert witness fees, involved in bringing a medical malpractice or personal injury claim.

Sometimes the best way to prove accountability is to hire an expert witness (such as a former Texas Department of Transportation inspector) to testify before the court.

A legal fee (being a fixed fee including GST, if any, for services) and, if relevant, disbursements (being all related costs such as office expenses and registration fees, but excluding any court filing fees or expert witness fees that may be required — these will be charged separately).

FTI Consulting clients can combine Predictive Discovery with additional offerings from the firm such as managed review, a secure corporate privilege library for predicting privilege, as well as ancillary services like international data collection to expert witness testimony.

In car accident cases, the most common examples of expert witnesses are health care providers (such as doctors), medical specialists, accident reconstructionists, and economists.

They often provide services as expert witnesses in order to discuss a victim's future rehabilitation needs, as well as the costs associated with such treatment.

The CrimPR apply to the parties to criminal proceedings and their witnesses (such as investigators and experts).

Someone such as an EMT who provided medical treatment at the scene of an accident can be called as an expert witness, provided the judge is satisfied he is qualified.