Expert Evidence Report Index-Summary

JOB BIAS

JUDICIAL NOTICE

– Wikipedia insufficiently reliable to qualify (N.J. Super. Ct.), 257

JURISDICTION

– Class Action Fairness Act local controversy exception, defendants fail to qualify (N.D. Ind.), 553

JURY TRIALS

– Asbestos, joint compound manufacturer, jury allocation of damages in multiproduct exposure case rejected (Cal. Ct. App.), 238
– Constructive possession of drugs, testimony improperly invaded jury's province, conviction reversed (N.J.), 98
– DNA testing

– – Presence of criminal defendant in federal database, testimony on did not lead to presumption defendant had criminal history (Ill.), 97
– – Prosecutor's closing comment concerning Hollywood effect on jury expectations insufficient to required new trial (7th Cir.), 214

– Expert opinions may be ignored (Tex. App.), 431
– Finding of no breach of standard of care, exclusion of expert causation testimony harmless error (Conn.), 235
– Human trafficking expert testimony usurped jury function (8th Cir.), 236
– Instructions

– – Disk-wiping software, expert testimony on presence sufficient for adverse jury instruction (D. Colo.), 182
– – Medical malpractice

– – – Negligence finding requires expert testimony (Cal. Ct. App.), 395
– – – Rocky Mt. Spotted Fever, standard of care instructions misstated law (Ga.), 361

– – MRI report by nontestifying radiologist relied upon by testifying physicians inadmissible without limiting instruction (N.J.), 123
– – Res ipsa loquitur, testimony on common knowledge rejected for lack of foundation (N.J), 383
– – Signature falsification, instruction on culpability drawn from fabrication of evidence induces settlement (N.D. Cal.), 545
– – Spoilation of electronic records, ability to cross-examine expert results in neutral instruction (N.H.), 182

– Judgment notwithstanding verdict, trial judge improperly entered when testimony was adequate to support award (Ill. App. Ct.), 99
– Winning strategies for using experts, ABA conference, 243