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Construction Expert Witness Testimony Not Allowed in Chinese Drywall Litigation

Expert Witness Blog

Summary: Construction Expert Witness testimony excluded because the court ruled that the expert cannot state that the Chinese drywall caused the plaintiffs’ injuries Facts: This case ( Fozard et al v. The defendants filed a motion to exclude this expert witness testimony.

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By the Rules: Techniques for Writing Persuasive Rules

WA Bar News

Generally, choose to quote favorable parts of a rule, when a binding court said it best, and paraphrase parts of a rule to construct a sentence logically or where you can say something with greater clarity. The selective quoting helps draw attention to the favorable parts of the rule, and anyone who reads State v.

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Hebephilia flunks Frye test

Forensic Psychologist

Under the Frye evidentiary standard , designed to bar novel scientific methods that are not sufficiently validated, a construct must be “generally accepted” by the relevant scientific community before it can be relied upon in legal proceedings. Under a 2012 New York appellate court ruling in the case of State v.