Thursday, February 24, 2005

Expert Perjury Watch

The news from Tuscaloosa is that a private investigator hired to testify as an expert in an estate matter has been arrested for padding his vitae to an allegedly perjurious extent. According to prosecutors, the expert claimed an imaginary medical degree from Harvard and a fictional Ph.D. from MIT. Prosecutors say his claims to possess a Texas medical license aren't checking out either.

We'll say it again. Lawyers, vet your experts. Experts, don't exaggerate your credentials.

posted by pn at 6:40 PM  

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Fed. R. Evid. 702: If scientific, technical, or other specialized knowledge will assist the trier of fact to understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue, a witness qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education, may testify thereto in the form of an opinion or otherwise, if (1) the testimony is based upon sufficient facts or data, (2) the testimony is the product of reliable principles and methods, and (3) the witness has applied the principles and methods reliably to the facts of the case.