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Learned Treatises, Cross-Examination and the Hearsay Exception
December 28, 2011
In last month's newsletter, we looked at the development of statutory and case law surrounding the admission of learned treatises, such as medical books, textbooks and practice guidelines, in medical malpractice cases. Although everyone knows that these documents must be authenticated before they may be admitted into evidence as proof of the facts contained therein, the question remains whether the learned treatise doctrine permits cross-examination with a learned text absent prior authentication as to that source's reliability.
Vaccine Claims: Equitable Tolling May Sometimes Now Apply
December 28, 2011
Last month, we discussed the fact that the limitations period for the filing of claims under the "Vaccine Act" has kept many from recovering for vaccine-related injuries. The discussion continues herein.
Decisions of Interest
December 28, 2011
Recent rulings of importance to your practice.
NJ & CT News
December 28, 2011
What's happening in neighboring states.
Examination Order Violated Abuse Victim's Rights, Panel Says
December 28, 2011
A Family Court order that a teenage sexual abuse victim undergo a highly intrusive "forensic medical examination" violated her Fourth Amendment rights, a Brooklyn appellate court has ruled.
Bias in Custody Evaluations
December 28, 2011
Cognitive sets and assumptions, however formed, create a kind of lens through which data that is gathered on a family is processed and interpreted. And these biases create the very real potential for errors to be made at the stage where the court is being given an evaluator's "bottom line" about a particular child's needs or a certain parent's skills and capacities.
When Is an Order Not an Order?
December 28, 2011
In two reported cases addressing the enforceability of the "automatic orders," the results were seemingly contradictory as to the remedy for "violation" of these "orders.
Real Property Law
December 28, 2011
Review of two key cases.
Landlord & Tenant
December 28, 2011
A look at recent key cases.
Development
December 28, 2011
Analysis of a major case.

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