Expert witness

be an expert witness is a tough job expert, witnesses are always at all times expected to act professionally and also ethically guided by their field of expertise. The expert witness is always in scrutiny when taking up a stand in court. They are going to face a backlash from the legal team in the opposing side.so the expert should be careful in what they say or do in court One of the many pitfalls that an expert witness will face is its legitimacy to stand as an expert witness. An expert…

of the expert witness in many crime dramas have given us a slight glimpse of what an expert witness does in the justice system. Expert Witnesses give their opinions to help the court establish a fact for a particular issue or help the court understand the evidence presented. An Expert Witness performs functions including collecting, testing, and evaluating evidence. Then form opinions based on the findings and present that opinions to the court. By comparing the area in which the witness has…

Neurology Expert Witnesses When looking for an expert witness in the field of Neurology, the best candidates are those who have had extensive training in the treatment of all neurological diseases in both adults and children. A neurological expert witness must have the ability to explain complicated methods and procedures, technical medical data as well as interpret opinions about a certain set of facts to the court. Expert Neurological Testimony A. The purpose of medical expert witness…

there is an issue of whether or not the court, takes the time to determine if the expert witness has the proper background or not. One of the things I would wonder is if there was a difference between someone who, has a great deal of experience with a particular piece of evidence, but no training and someone who has received training, i.e., when would a lay persons testimony be more accepted by the court then an experts testimony? This question brought me to the Trayvon Martin cases. Both,…

SUBPOENA When an expert witness is called upon to testify and refuses to do so, the court can command the witness to produce the relevant articles which might enlighten the judge or jury over the case. These relevant articles may be documents, papers, articles, record, exhibits, microscopic slides, test results etc. EVIDENCES PRESENTED The evidences presented by the expert witnesses are Exculpatory evidence, Inculpatory evidence and Demonstrative evidence. An Expert Evidence is Fact Evidence…

indicate a preference for expert contributors. To ensure information quality (IQ), consumers – users of data acquired from such crowdsourcing projects – implement gatekeeping strategies that vary in degree of subtleness and intentionality. These gatekeeping strategies stem from the underlying premise of a positive correlation between IQ and contributor’s level of expertise in a given domain. The assumption therefore, is that expertise leads to better contributions and the expert crowd is the…

content itself. This criticism helped us improve the quantitative aspect of the application. Along with their expert opinion, the medical professionals guided us to some credible medical journals. We researched these resources thoroughly and modified the application’s content to provide a more accurate information to the users. Once we modified the content of the application according to what experts have suggested, the medical professional gave us a green light and agreed to support the…

There are many problems that are associated with expert testimony focused around testimony invading the province of the jury, it being too adversarial and not impartial, taking too much of a courts time, introducing irrelevant information, and it is often founded on an insufficient scientific base. Smith (1989) cited eight potential problems with expert testimony. One problem is that the scientific base for the testimony is inadequate and can lead to unreliable information and potentially…

debatable. The idea that you cannot be an expert without having an incredible memory is not absurd by any means but it is less accurate in today’s generation. As technology advances we no longer have the need to memorize frivolous information and as we advance our experts should as well. However, I do see Foer’s point when it comes to memory, if our experts are not willing to go beyond what we are then what exactly makes them experts. Holding our experts to a higher standard not only keeps them…

The experts bring up the fact that at Sea World employees are told to say, “Killer whales in the wild live a shorter life than in captivity” (Blackfish). While in captivity, killer whales only live to be around the age of 30 (Blackfish). According to one of the experts in the film who is an OSHA expert witness and whale researcher, Dave Duffus, he says, “Killer whales that live their life in the wild have…