When Dr. George Weiss, the expert witness in a medical malpractice case, is bludgeoned to death in his Nashville hotel room, the law firm of Mason, Bradshaw, and Colson hires former singer-songwriter Elana Grey of Aaron and Associates to investigate the crime and keep the police from uncovering the firms secrets. Elana has secrets of her own and they surface as she attempts to find the killer and steer the police away from Tony Colson, a senior partner in the law firm. With the help of her husband, Nashville promoter and part-time investigator, Jonah Aaron, Elanas efforts lead her towards a potential showdown with someone far more dangerous than a cold-blooded killer her own narcissistic mother.
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Presenting Expert Testimony
In reality, the law demands lesser degrees of proof. In criminal proceedings, conclusions are based on a reasonable degree of certainty. In other words, the conclusion is beyond any reasonable doubt. This is the highest degree of ...
While “a reasonable degree of medical certainty” rolls easily off the tongue, it sounds clumsy, for example, to say “a reasonable degree of architectural certainty.”17 Many lawyers solve this problem by asking the witness to express an ...
Verbal Behavior
THE STANDARD OF 'REASONABLE CERTAINTY' 2.1. General As noted, the UPICC require that losses be proven with 'a reasonable degree of certainty' and this standard can be justified on the basis of the notion of reasonableness.