Expert Evidence Report Index-Summary

WAGES AND SALARIES

– Executive compensation, statistical formula for determining bonuses inconsistently applied by trial judge (7th Cir.), 126
– Wage policies, reliance on averages fails to prove common impact, class certification denied (N.D. Ill.), 503

WAIVERS

– Confidentiality, disclosure of mental health records to court-approved expert not waiver (Pa. Super. Ct.), 181

WARNINGS

– Asbestos, seaman's exposure, warning of hazards in third-party products not required (Cal. Ct. App.), 127

WASHINGTON

– Medical malpractice

– – Expert certificate of merit requirement unconstitutional (Wash.), 498
– – Knee surgery negligence claim, scalpel left in patient, res ipsa loquitur theory sufficient (Wash. Ct. App.), 499

WEAPONS

See FIREARMS AND WEAPONS

WEST VIRGINIA

– Toxic torts, organic chlorinated solvent exposure, brain dysfunction testimony based on inconsistent methodology deemed unreliable (W. Va. Ct.), 336

WISCONSIN

– Computer animation of crime scene, police officer not qualified as expert on animated collages (Wis. Ct. App.), 310
– DNA testing results from bulletproof vest must be turned over to criminal defendant (Wis. App. Ct.), 41
– Hearsay evidence, reliance on defense psychologist testimony as basis for transferring case from adult to juvenile court erroneous (Wis. Ct. App.), 159
– Homicide, 80 percent certainty as to cause of death sufficient to admit (Wis. Ct. App.), 288
– Medical malpractice, deadline extension for naming experts, excusable neglect standard not applicable to untimely motions (Wis. Ct. App.), 184
– Sanctions, defense expert testimony rejected for failure to provide conclusions in advance (Wis. Ct. App.), 421
– Suicide, wrongful death claim against psychiatric facility not malpractice requiring expert proof (Wis. Ct. App.), 283
– Taxation, multifunction copiers, agency with no expertise in differentiating computers, copiers, and faxes, not entitled to deference (Wis. Ct. App.), 430

WORK PRODUCT

See also PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS
– Contact lens solution, “root cause analysis” of injury protected (E.D. Tex.), 153
– Draft reports, disclosures, and communications, proposed federal rule would extend protections, 43
– Fed. R. Civ. P. 26, draft changes head to Judicial Conf. for review, 321

WORKERS' COMPENSATION

– Expert causation proof required (Tenn.), 505
– Simple injury understandable to laymen, statistical evidence to show percentage of disability attributable not required (Mo. Ct. App.), 28

WRONGFUL DEATH

– Drug overdose, neuropharmacologist lacks medical expertise (Tenn. Ct. App.), 548
– Emergency room standard of care, physician unqualified to testify (Tenn. Ct. App.), 289
– Etodolac contamination, reliance on single recall letter insufficient (E.D. Pa.), 311
– Psychiatrist owes no duty to relatives of individuals killed by patient (Cal. Ct. App.), 240
– Suicide, claim against psychiatric facility not malpractice requiring expert proof (Wis. Ct. App.), 283
– Wrongful death, open heart surgery, subjective belief and unsupported speculation insufficient (E.D. Pa.), 452

WYOMING

– Legal malpractice, attorney's affidavit set aside as failing to show competency of own conduct (Wyo.), 119