Civil Action Assignment 3 1. An expert witness is a witness who has knowledge beyond that of the ordinary lay person enabling him/her to give testimony regarding an issue that requires expertise to understand. Experts are allowed to give opinion testimony which a non-expert witness may be prohibited from testifying to. 2. Both sides had to bring in experts in regards to the chemicals that the wells were contaminated with. Then they had to bring in experts in ground water movement, they
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Forensic Psychology Abstract: U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Kumho Tire Co. v. Carmichael Case (No. 97—1709. Argued December 7, 1998–Decided March 23, 1999) On March 23, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Kumho Tire Co. v. Carmichael, No. 97-1709, that all types of expert evidence are subject to the relevance and reliability ‘gatekeeping’ function that the Supreme Court had articulated with respect to scientific evidence in Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 509 U.S. 579 (1993)
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Introduction The High Court’s decision in Dasreef Pty Ltd v Hawchar [2011] HCA 21 has been significant as the threshold requirements for the admissibility of expert evidence are clarified (French 2012). This essay will first discuss the facts of the case, followed by the technical requirements and perceived difficulties related to expert evidence identified by the court in this case. Facts Mr Hawchar, the respondent claimed damages from his employer, Dasreef Pty Ltd, the appellant as he was diagnosed
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Forensic Accounting In Practice Contemporary Business 508 This paper discusses the role of forensic accounting practices. It takes a look at the skills sets of forensic accountants and the role they play out in the court room. It goes also analyzes the legal responsibilities of a forensic accountant form a professional perspective as their role for expert opinion in the court room. A forensic accountant is someone uses their accounting credibility for investigative or other legal applications
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continue to test whether the claim that Oxford Cereals is valid or not. We will run the following tests: ANOVA, Levene, Tukey Kramer and descriptive analysis. Our group will also reach our own consensus on who we would side with, if called as an expert witness. Oxford Cereals Case Study – Part 2 3. Does Oxford Cereals have a legitimate argument? Why or why not? Oxford Cereals does have a legitimate claim. None of the samples have a statistically significant difference in their means. Furthermore, the
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Matter of Opinion I do not agree with the article and I would like to explain why. First let’s take a look at the statement “entitled to an opinion”, what does it mean to be entitled? Entitlement is simply staking claim, so when someone says they are “entitled to their opinion” what they are saying is they are claiming the opinion as theirs. We can assume this to be true because they have stated an opinion and now they are stating that the opinion is theirs, while this should be the end of the
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What are the rules of the race BMX? We thought we'd be a guide to easily digestible basic rules to compete in a BMX bike. BMX is short for bicycle motocross and BMX racing is an off-road bike racing discipline that sees drivers compete for first place in the BMX dirt track back a specifically designed, with rollers, berms and jumps before the finish line. Now, let's get a little more specific and have an entry-level look at everything you need to know about the rules and BMX racing regulations -
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TEMPLATE FOR GOVERNING BODY MEETING TO TERMINATE EXISTING AND ADOPT NEW GOVERNING BODY AND MEDICAL STAFF BYLAWS Company Legal Name: Fresenius Medical Care [located in Facility Database Application link under "Legal Name"] d/b/a (doing business as) Facility Name: Bio-Medical Application of Hillside [located in Facility Database Application link under "CMS/HCFA Cert 855 Letter Name"] [NOTE: if the name(s) normally used by the Facility is different than the “d/b/a” name above, you can
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Burns-Sikora July 29, 2012 The religious organization we know today as Jehovah’s Witness was formed around the end of the 19th century by a group of Bible students in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. However, it was a little over sixty years before they adopted the name Jehovah’s Witness in order to separate themselves from other Christian denominations (Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania, 2006). Jehovah’s Witness is a Christian religion but differs from traditional Christianity because
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Jehovah’s Witnesses serve a purpose not just knocking on your door Chloe Lawson 08/08/13 Research Paper ENG 1020 Many people view Jehovah witnesses as being that religious group that knocks on your door and hands you out magazines when you are in a rush. Others believe that they are a group of people who are always talking about the world ending, and lastly some believe that witnesses aren’t Christians, they don’t believe in Jesus (anti-Christ), or they are some type of cult. On the contrary, Jehovah
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