In his Section 1983 Litigation column, Touro Law Center professor Martin A. Schwartz analyzes recent federal court decisions concerning expert testimony of police practices experts; expert testimony ...

Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. Expert witnesses play a vital role in the legal system by providing impartial testimony that helps judges and jurors understand the ...

“. . . in thinking about an ethical framework, we may do well to transfer our attention from an individual-focused system that sees the problem as how to hold individuals to proper standards of ...

To support his claim, Plaintiff relied on a board-certified oncologist who conducted a “differential etiology”—an established scientific technique for determining the cause of a medical condition by ...

Your California personal injury claim can be greatly influenced by witness testimony, and that witness testimony can come in various forms. Examples include eyewitness, expert witness and character ...

The story of Connell School of Nursing Professor Ann Burgess, a psychiatric nurse who teamed with FBI agents to develop profiles of serial killers, has garnered headlines thanks to a book she co-wrote ...

“The trial court did not conduct any inquiry as to whether the methodology used by plaintiff’s experts met the requirements of Accutane," Justice Anne M. Patterson said. A Morris County trial court is ...

Expert psychological testimony can transform your criminal defense by establishing whether you possessed the mental capacity to commit the alleged crime. Courts will scrutinize this evidence using the ...

In Johnson & Johnson's long-running talc litigation, a court-appointed special master has recommended that plaintiffs should be able to present certain testimony from expert witnesses. (Photo ...

Colorado Supreme Court Justices Carlos A. Samour Jr., left, and Richard L. Gabriel listen to an argument during a Courts in the Community event held at Pine Creek High School in Colorado Springs on ...