The legal doctrine of “lost chance” balances on the tightrope-like tension between two societally-held values. The doctrine is frequently relied upon in medical lawsuits where malpractice directly harmed a patient’s health outcome. On one hand, there is immense concern for…

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is a landmark privacy law that took effect on January 20, 2020. It gives California consumers new rights to control how businesses use their personal information by imposing consent and security regulations on businesses.…

Seat belt extenders look like smaller versions of seat belts. As their name suggests, they help people who need more room beyond the confines of a typical seat belt. In the mid 2010s, however, many vehicle designs began mounting rear…

The degeneration of the spine is an all too common occurrence that develops with age and can lead to severe disability.  Degenerative diseases of the lumbar spine, which encompass conditions such as spondylolisthesis, disc degeneration, and lumbar spinal stenosis, can…

Over the past few years, the Expert Institute has taken the legal industry by storm by pairing attorneys with the perfect expert witnesses for their most critical cases. We have helped our clients recover billions of dollars in settlements and…

If you’ve never hired an expert before, or if you don’t work with experts regularly, there are some things about working with experts that may not have occurred to you yet. Often times, lawyers find themselves so overwhelmed by the…

Expert witnesses appear sparingly in American and English court records from as early as 1782, and professionals have helped lawyers prepare their cases for at least as long. Yet the use of experts to testify in U.S. court cases did…

This article presents how the application of security and onboard vehicle camera videos may be applied to traffic collision reconstruction. Several real-world examples are used to illustrate how images, even with poor quality, may be used to supplement conventional traffic…

As an expert witness, experience, knowledge, and specific qualifications are just the barrier to entry. In reality, an effective expert witness is much more than an impressive CV. She is an educator, able to distill the most complex facets of…

Submissions for last year’s Legal Blog Post Writing Contest  are currently being judged. Consequently, The Expert Institute is proudly announcing a new program intended to help the next generation of experts earn their education: The Expert Institute’s First-Annual Healthcare and Life…