The biomedical scientist as expert witness / Paul D. Ellner.

Washington, D.C. : American Society for Microbiology, 2006.

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Evidence, Expert -- United States.

Medical jurisprudence -- United States.

1. The forensic microbiologist as an expert

2. How the process starts

3. The arena

4. Civil proceedings

5. Basics of tort law

6. Duties of the expert witness

7. Obtaining experimental evidence

8. The analytical process

9. Reports and affidavits

10. Depositions

11. The trial

12. Cases involving laboratory errors

13. Medical malpractice

14. The non-physician in medical malpractice litigation

15. Food poisoning cases

16. Product liability cases

17. Corporate disputes

18. Other tort cases

19. Working as a litigation consultant

20. Cases not taken

21. Business aspects

22. How trial lawyers can improve the use of the expert

23. Evolution of expert witnesses.

Includes index.

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xiii, 168 p.