The latest edition of the Expert Witness Update provides essential tools to help personal injury attorneys and trial lawyers understand key issues relating to expert witness testimony that can make or break a case. The Expert Witness Update brings you the best thinking and research of top trial lawyers, trial consultants, and medical and insurance professionals. The book is comprised of eight chapters--each examining in-depth legal, scientific, or other practical issues involving experts in personal injury litigation. Rather than limiting its focus on experts' roles as witnesses, this year's Update offers valuable guidance that creative trial lawyers can employ to access whether, when, and how to use expert witnesses to a client's best advantage. You will also gain useful insights on the reliability of eyewitness perception and memory. The Update helps you keep pace with the rapidly developing body of medical and psychological expertise including: How the federal appeallate courts have applied the Supreme Court's decision in Daubert on the admissibility of expert testimony How to select and prepare a witness for direct examination Personal injury practitoners of all levels of experience will find valuable information and practice tips in the Expert Witness Update 2002 Edition .