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 [...]
Find out which states require medical expert witnesses to be actively practicing in order to serve as an expert witness. States which require active clinical practice for a physician to testify as an expert witness in medical malpractice cases generally allow physicians to fulfill this requirement through teaching in a licensed medical program. There are [...]