Donald Mikko was hired by the Atlanta Police Department as Director of its Crime Lab. His employment contract permitted him to perform private consulting work on his own time. A district attorney in Georgia learned that Mikko had prepared an expert report, and was planning to testify, for a criminal defendant in Florida. The district […]

Charles Aillones sued Glen Minton in Vanderburgh County, Indiana for negligently causing a car accident. Aillones wanted to elicit expert testimony from the nurse practitioner who treated him. The trial judge ruled that a nurse may not testify as a medical expert. On appeal from that ruling, the Indiana Court of Appeals decided that the […]

Bubba Clem (known as Todd Clem before he changed his name) is a radio host who is better known by his on-air name, Bubba the Love Sponge. He generally fits the mold of a “shock jock” and has more than once been in trouble with his employers and the Federal Communications Commission for making racially […]