Case: GPNE Corp. v. Apple, Inc., No.: 12–CV–02885–LHK, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California; August 6, 2014 Background: GPNE Corp. sued Apple, Inc. alleging its iPads and iPhones infringe three patents GPNE holds on data transmission. GPNE…
This article was authored by a DUI expert witness with nearly 20 years experience as a police officer. He is also a field training officer at a county police department and serves as the Vice President of a nightclub security…
This article was authored by a leading forensic pathology expert witness. He has 37 years of experience in anatomic, clinical and forensic pathology and 34 years of experience in neuropathology. Fractures and fracture dislocations of the vertebrae are uncommon in the…
Case: Christina Nicole Adams v. Laboratory Corporation of America, No. 13-10425, Eleventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals; July 29, 2014 Background: Christina Adams received five Pap smear tests over the course of 32 months. Defendant Laboratory Corporation of America (LabCorp)…
Case: Emblaze Ltd. v. Apple Inc., No. 5:11–cv–01079–PSG, U.S. District Court, Northern District California; June 25, 2014 Background: Plaintiff Emblaze, Ltd. is a publicly held Israeli corporation with a worldwide business in development and marketing of innovative, high-tech technologies and…
Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this article are those of the expert author and do not reflect the opinions of Expert Institute or its affiliates. Informed consent is a relatively new concept in medicine. It involves communication between patient and…
Case: Dawn Lawrey v. Good Samaritan Hospital, et al., No. 12–3863, Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals; June 4, 2014 Background: Aubree Lawrey was born with a permanent brachial plexus injury to her right shoulder and arm. The injury resulted…
Case: In re Puda Coal Securities, et al. Litigation, No. 11–cv–2598 (KBF), U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; June 26, 2014 Background: In September 2009 Puda Coal Inc.’s chairman, Ming Zhao, and his brother, Yao Zhao, arranged to…
Case: Patricia M. Keppler v. RBS Citizens, No 12–10768–FDS, U.S. District Court, Massachusetts; June 24, 2014 Background: Patricia Keppler asserts that she was a victim of a “romance fraud” involving one or more people in Ghana. They persuaded her to…
Abstract: Social scientists play an increasingly important role in the prosecution and defense of both criminal and civil matters before the courts. Forensic sociology and criminology expert witnesses are utilized in the analysis of crime foreseeability and security standards of care…