In a recent decision, the U.S. Tax Court rejected a taxpayer’s attempt to use an expert witness to prove that the taxpayer’s computation of tax liability was proper. While an expert witness might play a role in tax litigation, the Tax Court ruled that an expert report, standing alone, cannot satisfy the taxpayer’s burden of […]

A child abuse expert has offered testimony in the trial of a California man who is charged with beating his 6-week-old daughter to death. The Death On November 12, 2012, emergency responders reported to a Visalia home for reports of a baby who was not breathing.  The 6-week old baby girl was covered in bruises […]

An expert in the field of environmental liability transfers has testified that the proposed sale of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant will leave the public at risk for environmental liability. The Proposed Sale The Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant shut down in December, 2014.  It had been active for 40 years.  The plant’s current owner, […]

A Florida plaintiff was awarded almost $815,000 after a chemical peel aggravated her rosacea. The spa employee who performed the peel admitted that she was negligent in failing to read the plaintiff’s disclosure of her medical condition. The defendants contended that the chemical peel did not aggravate the rosacea. They sought to introduce expert testimony […]

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed a substantial verdict against Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary, DePuy Orthopaedics Inc., and ordered a new trial after determining that the plaintiff’s lawyer made misleading remarks about the independence of the expert witnesses who testified for the plaintiffs in the case. While Johnson & […]

A forensic entomologist has been called to testify in an aggravated animal cruelty trial in Orange County, New York. Animal Abuse On July 29, the Hudson Valley Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the Town of Goshen conducted a raid on a Goshen farm in response to a complaint. They found the remains […]