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Arrogance as evidentiary gift.

Publication: Trial
Publication Date: 01-OCT-08
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Although many doctors are humbly dedicated to their life's work, some believe they are much smarter than us feeble-brained lawyers. That, in my experience, holds especially true for defense witnesses who righteously proclaim at the end of their direct examination, "Actually, I am not being paid anything for my time in this case.

This was just something I had to do when I saw such a baseless case."

I'll remember one such self-righteous expert for a long time. On Christmas Eve, my clients had come to my office: the elderly parents, two brothers, and spouse of Mark Alexander. Mark was in a coma, and they had been told he would not survive another week. Three days earlier, Mark had gone to the hospital for...

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