Expert Evidence Report Index-Summary

VACCINES

– DPT as cause of seizures, treating physician testimony sufficient to establish logical sequence of cause and effect (Ct. App. Fed. Cir.), 339
– Thimerosal as cause of autism, epidemiologist's novel proof fails Frye-Reed generally accepted admissibility test (Md.), 307

VALUATION

– Bankruptcy, conflicting opinions, assigning middle range value not abuse of discretion (5th Cir.), 529

VALUATION EVIDENCE

– Business goodwill, opinion of experienced appraiser visiting business favored over CPA (Ind. App. Ct), 429
– Patent infringement damages, lump-sum vs. royalty payment calculations, expert testimony citing other license agreements without establishing frequency of software use fails to support award (Fed. Cir.), 477
– Property value

– – Condemned property easement, income method of appraisal improperly excluded (Tex.), 366
– – Diminution due to toxic contamination, Analysis and Perspective, 129
– – Eminent domain, replacement value, appraisers not limited to particular method (N.C. Ct. App.), 294

– Securities

– – Certificate of designation setting value for dissenting shareholders makes expert proof irrelevant (Del. Ch.), 265
– – Fair value accounting by forensic experts, Analysis & Perspective, 298
– – Insider trading, exclusion of criminal defendant's expert testimony was not improper (10th Cir.), 115

– Statistical proof, disability plan administrator improperly relied on expert's valuation of plan participant's stock options (E.D. Cal.), 12
– Tax liens, favoring one appraiser over another not abuse of discretion (3d Cir.), 528

VERMONT

– DNA testing, error rate data must be presented along with data supporting match with defendant (Vt.), 111

VIDEOTAPES

– Admissibility, recording made by unidentified technician fails to satisfy authentication rule (Md.), 8