The new 2000 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 withness testimony that can make or break a case. The 2000 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 nine chapters - each examining in-depth legal, scientific, or other practical issue 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. You will also gain useful insights on the reliability of eyewitness perception and memory. The 2000 UPDATE helps you keep pace with the rapidly developing body of medical and psychology expertise including: How the federal appellate courts have applied the Supreme Court's decision in DAUBERT on the admissability of expert testimony. How to select and prepare a witness for direct examination. How experts can help avoid pitfalls in structured settlements Personal injury practitioners of all levels of experience will find valuable information and practice tips in the 1999 WILEY EXPERT WITNESS UPDATE.