Expert Witness Blog
JUNE 13, 2025
7, 2025), the testimony of a Forensic Engineering Expert Witness played a pivotal role in determining the cause and extent of property damage following Hurricane Irma. The case illustrates how expert analysis, even when based on virtual inspection, can meet legal standards of admissibility under federal law.
Expert Witness Blog
JUNE 25, 2025
2020), the testimony of a Pipelines Expert Witness played a central role in evaluating claims for damages associated with a natural gas pipeline easement. A Permanent Easement for 1.7575 Acres , 949 F.3d 3d 825 (3d Cir.
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Practice of Law
JUNE 12, 2025
The Manhattan court deemed that "prior bad acts" testimony from witnesses unrelated to formal charges had unfairly prejudiced the jury. This decision underscored tensions between state laws and federal doctrines regarding evidence admissibility in sexual violence cases.
E-Discovery LLC
JUNE 28, 2025
It asserted prejudice because it could not call the person who took the photos as a trial witness. The City objected to the admission of the photographs, asserting that those photographs were “not disclosed in discovery.” The [trial] court denied the objection to the admission of the photographs.
Civil Litigation Brief
JUNE 20, 2025
Part of the defendant's case was that the evidence was not admissible or was hearsay. Hearsay is admissible, the real. We are looking, again, at a case where there were issues as to evidence. The defendant's arguments did not prosper.
E-Discovery LLC
DECEMBER 9, 2024
31, 2024), the intermediate appellate court addressed an important issue of authentication of surveillance video by a lay witness. That witness was permitted to authenticate a video under the silent witness theory. The Appeals Court disagreed and affirmed, applying the silent witness doctrine. State, 487 Md.
E-Discovery LLC
SEPTEMBER 1, 2024
A prior blog addressed the admissibility of a “composite” video prepared by the prosecution. Neither of the testifying detectives witnessed the events about which they testified. at 538. The Maryland Supreme Court recently held that a witness can authenticate a video that contains images the witness did not see.
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