Expert Evidence Report Index-Summary

LABELING OF DRUGS

LAY TESTIMONY

– Accounting fraud, testimony of observations and perceptions admissible (5th Cir.), 143
– Asbestos, refinery worker's testimony allowed to determine if consumer safety expectations in 1950s and 1960s met (Cal. Ct. App.), 450
– Diamond theft, color of stone, expert not needed (6th Cir.), 603
– FMLA, serious health condition, expert evidence needed to supplement lay medical evidence (3d Cir.), 140
– Medicare fraud, HHS special agent testimony deemed direct proof (N.D. Cal.), 290
– Memory loss, treating physician status requires knowledge and opinions obtained through course of treatment (S.D.), 110
– Motor vehicle accident-caused bruising, phlebotomist observation deemed (W. Va.), 583
– Wiretaps, opinions based on experience and training impermissible expert proof (4th Cir.), 440

LEGAL MALPRACTICE

– Antitrust, economist definition of relevant market sufficient to establish triable issue (Cal. Ct. App.), 111
– Divorce, expert required (Me.), 562
– Indigent affidavit requirement (Ga), 366
– Landlord-tenant claims, conclusory statement that case not properly presented insufficient (S.C.), 587
– No further inquiry doctrine, use to avoid expert mandate (Tenn. Ct. App.), 472
– Patents, failure to conduct prior art search or patentability analysis results in summary judgment (Fed. Cir.), 107
– Return of fees for work never performed, expert not required for breach of contract claim (Tenn. Ct. App.), 321

LEGAL OPINIONS

– Class actions, testimony on how court should rule rejected (Ark.), 59
– Medicare fraud, former employees offering belief of illegal activities admissible as nonexpert testimony (6th Cir.), 290
– Mental state, fund managers' manipulation of investment market, testimony impermissibly draws legal conclusions (N.D. Ill.), 171
– Police officer's testimony on legality of search barred (N.D. Ill.), 286

LOUISIANA

– Davol Bard Composix Kugel Hernia Mesh patch, failure to inform patient of recall not malpractice requiring report (La. Ct. App.), 250
– Design defects, Timex watch straps, hexavalent chromium-caused dermatitis, conclusory report not stating relevant standards (W.D. La.), 62
– Forum selection, convenience of experts low priority (La.), 561