Lawyers Booted for Hiring Opponent's Expert
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 12:14 pm
August 2010: Lawyers must be careful not to approach an opponent's expert at any stage of a pending case and must be up-front and unambiguous about the reason for approaching the expert.
See a discussion of the case by Robert Ambrogi, Bullseye which begins:
See a discussion of the case by Robert Ambrogi, Bullseye which begins:
- "Court opinions involving legal ethics and expert witnesses are few and far between. Those that come from a supreme court are even rarer. Thus, it was particularly notable when the North Carolina Supreme Court pulled two out-of-state plaintiffs' lawyers off a product liability case because of their inappropriate conduct in luring away their opponent's expert witness."