The “Daubert Standard” provides a systematic framework for a trial court judge to assess the reliability and relevance of expert witness testimony before it is presented to a jury. Established in the 1993 U.S. Supreme Court case Daubert v....
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Delilah Guadalupe Diaz lives in Moreno Valley, California. Brief for Respondent, the United States at 5. One night in August 2020, she drove across the border from Mexico into the United States. Id. She told a border patrol officer who inspected the...
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Parties to a lawsuit have a duty to disclose to opposing counsel the identity of their expert witnesses they intend to call at trial, and to make a fair disclosure of the expert’s views. See Payne v. S.S. Nabob, 302 F.2d 803, 807 (3d Cir....
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Expert witness reports in civil federal court are governed by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2)(b). Under this rule, the parties are required to disclose the names of their retained expert witnesses before trial, and to give the...
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In 1984, McWilliams raped and murdered a convenience store attendant. See McWilliams v. Commissioner, D.C. Docket No. 7:04-cv-02923-RDP at 3 (11th Cir. Dec. 16, 2015). For several months leading up to these events, McWilliams had been attending...
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A non-testifying expert witness is an individual possessing specialized knowledge, skills, and experience relevant to a particular case “who has been retained or specially employed by another party in anticipation of litigation or to prepare...