The Connecticut Supreme Court has vacated the murder convictions of two men who were convicted of murder and have spent decades in prison.  The court’s decision was based on its determination that the testimony of an expert witness was incorrect.  The Crime On December 2, 1985, Everett Carr, a 65-year-old man from New Milford, Connecticut, […]

When the Social Security Administration (SSA) denies an application for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits, the applicant is entitled to a hearing. One of the issues that an administrative judge will decide is whether jobs are available for a person with the applicant’s disability, in light of the applicant’s education, work experience, and other […]

The New Hampshire Supreme Court recently drew a line between expert and lay testimony given by a Child Protective Services (CPS) worker. The line is one that courts have had trouble defining. Courts are not always clear about information concerning child behavior that most jurors will possess and that need not be the subject of […]

Christian Klorczyk was changing the oil on a car in his family garage when the car fell from its jack stand. The accident ended Christian’s life. His parents and Christian’s estate sued a number of defendants for manufacturing and selling a defective jack stand. The Klorczyk estate relied on an expert witness to prove the […]

A woman was raped in Reston, Virginia in 1975 by a man who entered her apartment through an unlocked balcony door. She did not know her attacker, but the police were able to prepare a composite sketch from the description she provided. Months later, the police showed the sketch to a person who said it […]

The prosecution in a Santa Cruz, California rape case is challenging the credibility of a proposed defense expert on sexual consent. The Crime Christian Daniel Rodriguez, 29, of Watsonville, California is accused of raping and restraining a woman on September 11, 2015. Rodriguez is charged with five felonies: two charges of rape by force or […]

On occasion, a party in a case will act as his or her own expert witness. When a party proposes to testify as an expert, is the opposing party entitled to obtain communications between the party and the party’s attorney concerning the expert testimony? Certain communications between a testifying expert and the attorney who retained […]