The new 2001 edition of the WILEY EXPERT WITNESS UPDATE is an essential tool to help personal injury attorneys and trial lawyers understand key issues relating to expert witness testimony that can make or break a case. The 2001 WILEY EXPERT WITNESS UPDATE brings you the best thinking and research of top trial lawyers, trial consultants, and medical and insurance profesionals. 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 assess whether, when, and how to use expert witneses to a client's best advantage. The 2001 UPDATE helps you keep pace with the rapidly developing body of medical and psychology expertise including: Using discovery methods to ascertain the work of a consulting expert; Methods to simplify, and make the most of electronic discovery; determining the value of a plantiff's lost leisure; representing a chemically sensitive client; and more. Personal injury practitioners of all levels of experience will find valuable information and practice tips in the 2001 WILEY EXPERT W.