Expert Witness News, Articles, Reports and Reference Documents

Jan 7 ’16 — An expert’s testimony on the reliability of a confession was admissible, a U.S. appeals court has ruled, reversing the defendant’s conviction as a felon in possession of a firearm, a conviction with a minimum 15 year sentence.

Jan 6 ’16 — A $90K CCP §998 expert witness fee award was premature, the California Court of Appeals has found, reversing the award and remanding the construction contract dispute to the trial court.

Dec 29 ’15 — An expert witness in one area is not ipso facto an expert in another, a U.S. District Court noted in its rejection of a technology expert whose proffered testimony bore “little relationship” to his expertise.

Dec 17 ’15 — An expert opinion of only general causation violates the California Evidence Code, a state appeals court has ruled, upholding the exclusion of the expert witness’ testimony by the trial court.

Dec 9 ’15 — A bond trader will receive a new trial after a federal appeals court threw out his securities fraud conviction because one of his expert witnesses was excluded.

Dec 9 ’15 — Ethics violations can be relevant to the standard of care in malpractice cases, a federal court has affirmed in the legal malpractice case of Desimini v. Durkin et al.

Dec 8 ’15 — Florida courts are unlikely to choose to fully adopt the Daubert standard after the state Bar’s Board of Governors voted against recommending the state courts adopt the standard that the Florida Legislature passed into law two years ago.

Nov 30 ’15 — Defendants have appealed the lack of the Daubert standard to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals in Motorola, Inc. v. Murray, in a potentially precedent setting 15-years’ long case where plaintiffs’ are seeking ~$1.9 billion in damages.