Personal injury and other tort matters.

Admissibility of neuropsychological evidence.

“…Regarding civil cases, Drogin, Hagan, Guilmette, and Piechowski (2015) noted that, in personal injury tort cases, four basic elements need to be satisfied by the plaintiff:…”

“…Shapiro (2012) described different cases with much the same pattern. Drogin et al (2015) noted that a survey of forensic neuropsychologists found that their testimony to court was infrequently challenged. Moreover, the challenges were about specific aspects of a case rather than testimony as a whole (LaDuke, DeMatteo, Heilbrun, & Swirsky-Sachetti, 2012).…”

“…The first includes base rate neglect, the second confirmation bias, and the third framing by first information or context, respectively. Drogin et al (2015) reported that there are numerous published court cases in which mental health experts were accused of showing bias (Edens et al, 2012). They recommended not working as an expert below expected benchmarks.…”