Articles from Trial (December 1, 2003)

Title	Author	Type	Words
ATLA and the party of Lincoln.	Casey, David S., Jr.	President's Page	777
California protects 'black box' auto-crash data from disclosure.	Moen, Christian Harlan		735
Court OKs fraud claim by worker's daughter with birth defects.	Tischler, Eric		418
Deliver a Daubert-proof expert report: defense challenges to plaintiff expert testimony have become a routine part of civil litigation. Here's how to combat them with a thorough, well-documented report.	Wivell, Martha K.		1880
Eleventh Circuit revives disability bias lawsuits against states.	Hellwege, Jean		661
Environmental Justice in America.	Williams, Gerald J.	Book Review	799
Focus on science, not checklists; lawyers must avoid efforts to force science to conform to the Daubert admissibility formula. Instead, they should focus on how scientists actually do their work.	Black, Bert		4852
GAO report refutes malpractice insurance 'crisis'.	Loiacono, Kristin		781
Hearsay.			308
Keep good science in toxic tort cases; plaintiff lawyers can use a new section of the Restatement (Third) of Torts to help judges widen the gates to causation evidence.	Jensen, Steve Baughman		2572
Police need warrant to use global positioning system.	Moen, Christian Harlan		738
Suits blast sand suppliers for failing to warn of silica hazard.	Jurand, Sara Hoffman		1666
Testing the limits of genetic technology; advances in science hold great promise for improving lives, but sometimes technology skirts legal and ethical boundaries. When does science go too far?	Jurand, Sara Hoffman	Interview	2318
The 'fruits' of Miranda violations.	Bradley, Craig M.		2002
The Hearsay Rule.	Sutherland, Pamela K.	Book Review	614
What a difference a word makes.	Bosco, John		847
When the specialist can't specialize anymore; 'own occupation' insurance protects disabled workers who can no longer do the specific work they were trained to do. When the insurer won't pay, use evidence from past litigation to build your bad-faith case.	Tison, Claude H., Jr.		7
Why do jurors blame the victim? Just like anyone else, jurors use coping mechanisms when they hear about an injustice; the difference is that when they do so, it can affect the outcome of your case.	Brogdon, Quentin		2349