E-monitoring data admissible in drunk driving case 
Published: July 22, 2011
Tags: drunk driving, expert testimony
Prosecutors didn’t need expert testimony in order to introduce electronic monitoring records to prove that a defendant drove while intoxicated, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled in affirming a conviction.
Expert on eyewitnesses may testify
Published: April 20, 2011
Tags: expert testimony, eyewitness testimony
A carjacking defendant may be allowed to introduce an expert witness on the unreliability of eyewitness identification, the D.C. Court of Appeals has ruled in reversing a conviction.
Expert can testify on abuse victim’s mental injuries
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: March 1, 2011
Tags: expert testimony, proximate cause, sex abuse
An alleged victim of clergy sex abuse should have been allowed to introduce expert testimony on the general cause of his mental injuries, the Delaware Supreme Court has ruled in granting a new trial.
Expert testimony on grill fire excluded
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: February 28, 2011
Tags: causation, design defect, expert testimony, expert witness, product liability
A product liability plaintiff could not introduce test results that purportedly demonstrated the scientific principles underlying his expert’s theory on how a propane gas grill caused a house fire, the 8th Circuit has ruled in affirming summary judgment.
‘Human factors’ expert excluded in auto defect case
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: December 20, 2010
Tags: design defect, expert testimony, product liability
A product liability plaintiff could not establish that an automobile gear shift was defectively designed based solely on the testimony of a “human factors” engineer, the 10th Circuit has ruled in affirming judgment.
Defense experts could testify in LASIK case
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: October 20, 2010
Tags: expert testimony, LASIK, medical malpractice
Defense experts in a LASIK case could testify that the plaintiff’s nighttime vision problems were not a predicable outcome of her eye surgery, an Illinois appellate court has ruled in affirming a defense verdict.
Expert can’t testify on multiple-chemical sensitivity
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: October 19, 2010
Tags: expert testimony, multiple chemical sensitivity
An expert witness did not have a sufficiently reliable scientific basis to testify that a plaintiff’s illness was caused by her exposure to epoxy paint in her office, the Kansas Supreme Court has ruled in affirming a summary judgment.
Infection evidence admissible in birth injury case
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: August 6, 2010
Tags: birth injury, expert testimony, medical malpractice
A medical malpractice defendant should have been permitted to introduce expert testimony that a child’s birth injuries were the result of preexisting infections in the womb, the Illinois Appellate Court has ruled in reversing a $12 million jury verdict.
Medical expert required in surgical drain case
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: June 30, 2010
Tags: expert testimony, medical malpractice, res ipsa loquitur
A medical malpractice plaintiff was required to introduce expert testimony on whether his doctors breached a standard of care in failing to remove an abdominal drain inserted following surgery, the California Court of Appeal has ruled in affirming judgment.
Autism evidence inadmissible in brain injury case
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: June 24, 2010
Tags: autism, Daubert, expert testimony, product liability
A product liability plaintiff could not introduce expert testimony to show that her son’s autism was the result of brain injuries suffered when the defendant’s child safety seat allegedly failed, the 11th Circuit has ruled in affirming a dismissal.
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