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Listen To The Experts? Recent Appellate Rulings Affect Admissibility Of Medical-Expert Testimony ( June 2004 )
Complex civil cases, all too often, become the province of expert witnesses. Regardless of the issue, it is the rare case when counsel is unable to locate an expert who will support a given scientific proposition. And when they do, the expert inevitably will be able to explain, in cogent and dispassionate terms, why the side that retained him or her is in the right. -
Jennings Decision Will Impact Admissibility of Expert Testimony in California ( January 2004 )
Thelen Reid's appellate team, led by partner Curt Cole in our Los Angeles office, recently argued a case with potentially groundbreaking significance regarding the admissibility of expert testimony in California. -
Assisting the Court ( February 2000 )
In a post-Daubert world, courts considering the admissibility of expert testimony must become somewhat expert thems. -
US Supreme Court Rules On Expert Reports ( December 1999 )
In 1999 the U.S. Supreme Court in decided <I>Kumho Tire Co., Ltd. et al. V. Carmichael,119</I> S.Ct. 1167 (1999) set the standards for the admission into evidence of a expert witness, causing federal district courts to more carefully scrutinize expert testimony. -
Occupational Illness Cases In A Maritime Context--The Plaintiff's Perspective ( November 1999 )
This paper is intended to be an overview of the issues which plaintiff's attorneys face in bring. -
Does Daubert Apply to None-Scientific Experts? ( October 1999 )
In Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals,(1) the United States Supreme Court held that the Federal Rule of Eviden. -
Products Liability Update: Spring 1998: Daubert Update ( June 1999 )
This article summaries the Daubert case and details its effect on product liability law. -
Products Liability Update: The End of an Era: Lessons to Be Learned From the Bendectin Litigation ( June 1998 )
This products liability report discusses Bendectin litigation and its effect on product liability cases. -
Expert Witnesses ( August 1999 )
Experts can play an important role in your case, depending on the issues in the case. We all re. -
Supreme Court Watch -- Kumho Tire Co., Ltd. V. Carmichael : Bolstering Safeguards against Non-Scientific Experts. ( August 1999 )
When the United States Supreme Court rendered its decision in Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 509 U..