By Kelly J. Wilbur, Esq. Introduction If you are thinking about becoming a cardiothoracic surgery expert witness you might wonder what types of cases you may be asked to work on. Below are 13 examples of cases where a cardiothoracic surgeon might be needed as an expert witness. Examples of cases where a cardiothoracic [...]
By Kelly J. Wilbur, Esq. Introduction If you are thinking about becoming an anesthesiology expert witness you might wonder what types of cases you may be asked to work on. Below are 8 examples of cases where an anesthesiologist might be needed as an expert witness. Examples of cases where an anesthesiologist might serve [...]
By Kelly J. Wilbur, Esq. Introduction If you are thinking about becoming an allergy & immunology expert witness you might wonder what types of cases an allergy & immunology expert witness may be asked to work on. Below are 6 examples of cases where an allergy & immunology physician might be needed as an [...]
By Kelly J. Wilbur, Esq. Introduction If you are thinking about becoming an addiction medicine expert witness you might wonder what types of cases an addiction medicine expert witness may be asked to work on. Below are 14 examples of cases where an addiction medicine physician might be needed as an expert witness. Examples [...]
By James J. Mangraviti, Jr., Esq. If you are considering starting a neurosurgery expert witness practice, you may wonder what types of cases you may be asked to opine on. Below are 10 case examples: Evaluate whether earlier treatment (i.e., TPA, etc.) to a patient would have saved his life. Plaintiff had walked into [...]
By James J. Mangraviti, Jr., Esq. Expert witnesses may be interested in insuring themselves against malpractice claims related to their expert witness practices. Expert witness liability insurers could help expert witnesses protect themselves from errors and omissions made while serving as an expert witness. In July 2024, SEAK conducted a survey of almost 1,000 [...]
By James J. Mangraviti, Jr., Esq. Introduction – Medical Expert Witness and Needing an Active Clinical Practice Expert witnessing can be a great side gig for physicians and other medical professionals. The work is interesting and involves teaching and educating lawyers, judges, and juries. The vast majority of the work consists of record review, [...]
By: Kelly J. Wilbur, Esq. While some lawyers skimp on their expert witness testimony preparation, which can be an ethics violation on its own, other lawyers take the “preparation” too far. Furthermore, the practice of coaching witnesses during testimony that goes so far as to be essentially manipulating the witness’ conduct during the testimony [...]
The sequestration of expert witnesses falls under Alabama’s Rules of Evidence, Rule 615. ALA. CODE § 6-615 (2017). This rules allows the court to exclude a witness from the courtroom as to not hear the testimony of other witnesses when a party requests or the court can order it on its own. Id. The [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJgZb9Di7X0&t=9s How to Write an Expert Witness Report Hi, my name is Steven Babitsky. I'm the President of SEAK, Inc. I'd like to welcome Attorney James Mangraviti, with me this morning to talk about expert witness reports. Jim, why is it important to draft a well organized written report? All right. It's really important [...]