Presenting Your Expert at Trial and Arbitration

• Author: David J. Galluzzo
• Pages: 175-302

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PRESENTING YOUR EXPERT AT TRIAL

AND ARBITRATION

§300 Organizing Your Trial Presentation

§310 Preparing Your Expert to Testify

§320 Qualifying Your Expert in Trial

§330 Presenting Your Expert’s Opinion

§340 Basis of the Expert’s Opinion

§350 Daubert v. Merrell Dow—Admissibility of Expert Testimony

§360 Case Law after Daubert v. Merrell Dow

§370 The Roundup® Cancer Litigation: a Case Study in Daubert and Daubert-like Analyses

§380 Expert Testimony in Final Argument

§390 Experts in Arbitration Proceedings

§300 Organizing Your Trial Presentation

§301 In General

§301.1 Voir Dire

Sample: Voir Dire Questions re Complex Expert Testimony

Sample: Voir Dire Questions Defusing Expert Testimony

§302 Mapping Out Your Expert’s Testimony

§302.1 Timing: Presentation of Your Expert’s Key Points

§303 Timing: Introducing Your Expert

§304 Calling Cumulative Experts

§305 Opening Statement

§310 Preparing Your Expert to Testify

§311 Preliminary Meeting

§312 Updating Information

§313 Documents

§314 Pretrial Drill

§315 Miscellaneous

§320 Qualifying Your Expert in Trial

§321 Stipulation as to Expert’s Qualifications

§322 Establishing the Expert’s Area of Expertise

§330 Presenting Your Expert’s Opinion

§331 Using Hypothetical Questions

§332 Demonstrative Evidence

§332.1 Introduction

§332.2 Admissibility of Demonstrative Evidence

§332.3 Foundation Requirements of Demonstrative Evidence

§332.4 Pretrial Disclosure of Intended Demonstrative Evidence

§332.5 Costs of Producing Demonstrative Evidence

§332.6 Demonstrative Evidence in the Form of Summaries

§332.7 Effect of Daubert

§332.8 Computer Animations

§332.8.1 Distinction Between Recreation and Illustration

§332.9 Objections to Demonstrative Evidence; Federal Rule of Evidence 403

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§332.9.1 Challenging Opposing Expert’s Animations

§332.10 Day in the Life Videos

§332.10.1 Challenges to Day in the Life Videos

§333 Cross-Examination of Your Expert

§334 Increasing the Effectiveness of Your Expert Presentation

§340 Basis of the Expert Opinion

§341 Introduction

§342 Direct Information

§343 Indirect Information

§344 Determining Reasonableness

§345 Hearsay

§346 Computer-Generated Information

§346A Public Records and Government Reports

§347 Industry Standards

§348 Objections to Cross-Examination

§348.1 Improper Impeachment

§348.2 Exceeds the Scope of Direct Examination

§348.3 Argumentative or Inflammatory Question

§348.4 QuestionMisquotesWitness

§349 Offer of Proof

§350 Daubert v. Merrell Dow—Admissibility of Expert Testimony

§351 In General

§352 Application of Daubert v. Merrell Dow

§353 Abuse of Discretion Standard in Reviewing Expert Testimony

§360 Case Law after Daubert v. Merrell Dow

§361 The Daubert Trilogy

§362 Federal Rule of Evidence 702

§363 Does the Trilogy Liberalize or Restrict Expert Testimony?

§364 Factors Courts Consider in Deciding Admissibility of Expert Testimony under Daubert

and Rule 702

§364.1 Focus Is on Principles and Methodology, Not Conclusions

§364.2 Expert’s Lack of Particularized Expertise or Specific Experience

§364.3 Reliance on Peer-Reviewed Journals

§364.4 Whether the Expert’s Testimony Comes from Research Independent of

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§364.5 Expert’s Failure to Adhere to Customary Methods

§365 DaubertTestInappropriateWhereExpertTestimonyBasedonExperienceorTraining

§366 Checklist: Summary of Key Points Regarding the Daubert Trilogy and Rule 702

§367 Exemplary Cases and Appellate Decisions

§368 Decisions on Appeal and Abuse of Discretion Standard

§370 The Roundup® Cancer Litigation: a Case Study in Daubert and Daubert-like Analyses

§371 The Inconsistent Science

§372 California State Courts Apply Sargon Analysis

§372.1 The Complaint

§372.2 The Trial

§372.3 The Sargon Hearing

§373 In re Roundup®: The Federal Courts Apply the Daubert Standard

§373.1 Two Problems with Plaintiffs’ Expert Evidence

§373.2 Plaintiffs’ Expert Testimony Held Admissible

§373.3 Court’s Consideration and Analysis of the Evidence

§374 Practice Tips: Mounting a Successful Daubert Challenge; Surviving a Daubert Challenge

§375 Checklist: Summary of Key Points in Roundup® Litigation

§376 Bifurcation of Evidence of Alleged Corporate Misconduct

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§380 Expert Testimony in Final Argument

§390 Experts in Alternative Dispute Resolution and Settlement

§391 Arbitration Hearing

§392 Selecting the Expert for Arbitration

§393 Discovery

§394 Experts in Mediation and Settlement Proceedings