Tips for making the most of experts
Experts can be the bane of a trial lawyer’s existence, but they can also be saviors.
Torts — medical malpractice — expert testimony
2011AP2809 Satorius v. Proassurance Wisconsin Insurance Company, et al.
Sexually Violent Persons – discharge — expert testimony — equal protection
2011AP2386 In re the commitment of Quinton Keith Washington
Motor Vehicles – OWI — expert testimony — retrograde extrapolation
2011AP2959 County of Marathon v. DeBuhr
Juveniles – TPR — expert testimony
2012AP1562, 2012AP1563 In re the termination of parental rights to William V., et al.
Torts — medical malpractice — expert testimony — causation
2011AP522 Armagost, et al. v. Gundersen Clinic Ltd., et al.
Evidence — expert testimony
2011AP228, 2011AP1110 Kenneth F. Sullivan Co. v. McManamy, et al.
Redefining expert witness credibility for juries
Juries routinely dismiss expert testimony due to credibility problems, incomprehensibility, or simply because it is cancelled out by another expert’s testimony.
Torts — medical malpractice — jury instructions — expert testimony
2010AP2615 Trudeau, et al. v. Physicians Insurance Company of Wisconsin Inc., et al.
At the class certification stage, a harder look at experts
In the year since the U.S. Supreme Court made it tougher for large groups of plaintiffs to prove that they should proceed in a class action, courts have been taking a harder look at a key type of evidence plaintiffs use to make that case: expert witness testimony.
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