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<div>We all know how neutral the “Neutral Evaluation” program is under 627. I think it’s a noble idea but impossible in practical terms <br>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;">Thinking further about the idea, if there is only one expert, and if the expert’s opinions turn out to be in line with one party’s position, how could the other party stand
a chance in court? The expert’s opinions would essentially be dispositive of the case? </span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">From:</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> Fred Barnes [<a href="mailto:fred@fcbarneslaw.com">mailto:fred@fcbarneslaw.com</a>]
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;">I also like the idea. It could be a positive and transformative change. I concur that a lot of details would have to be ironed out, not only as to selection of the expert
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;">Is the idea to limit it to construction litigation? How would that be done? Are we talking about statutory or procedural rules changes? Or the creation of a protocol that
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<strong>To:</strong> 'Timothy R. Moorhead'<br>
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<strong>Subject:</strong> Re: [CLC-Discussion] Informal poll on expert witnesses</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: #642828;">Before I respond to the question, please excuse a brief diatribe. Even worse (at least from my perspective) is the situation in arbitrations. I am privileged to serve as
a AAA construction and commercial arbitrator, and experts are common. To recite what we all know, experts aren't fact witnesses. They are testifying about their opinions, which can even be based on hearsay which would be in itself inadmissible so long as it
is the type of thing on which experts rely. The touchstone for all of this is whether it will assist the trier of fact. You would be disturbed at how often "expert" testimony is so ridiculously overstated the arbitrators wind up almost insulted that anyone
thinks they might believe that nonsense. Don't misunderstand. I've been in some cases where the experts were great teachers about the Florida Building Codes, or construction related issues, or other technical issues, and the experts were truly helpful. Unfortunately,
I've been in others where the testimony is so obviously biased it is simply a waste of everyone's time.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: #642828;">End of monologue. To respond to your question, I like the idea. I have one reservation. Because judge's are supposed to be neutral, letting them pick a name unilaterally
might be viewed as favoring one side or the other (however inadvertent ). We arbitrators are always painfully aware that one of the few grounds under either the Federal Arbitration Act or the Revised Florida Arbitration Code for vacating an arbitral award
is bias. What about a tweak. Have the parties agree on the name, or if they can't, they agree on three names and the trier of fact picks one. If they don't even do that, then the court issues an order describing the expert needed and some third person (the
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<strong>On Behalf Of </strong>Timothy R. Moorhead<br>
<strong>Sent:</strong> Tuesday, September 10, 2019 9:16 PM<br>
<strong>To:</strong> <a href="mailto:clc-discussion@lists.flabarrpptl.org">clc-discussion@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a><br>
<strong>Subject:</strong> [CLC-Discussion] Informal poll on expert witnesses</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Question for the group. Please respond only to me to avoid clogging everyone’s email as I have just done.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">The last time I tried a jury trial with expert witnesses, the jurors universally commented that they simply ignored the expert witnesses of both sides. The comment was that they figured that any lawyer could find an expert
to say whatever they wanted. Unfortunately, there is probably a lot of truth to that comment. In the olden days when we took notes on stone tablets, we law students were taught that experts testify as a “friend of the court” the idea was that the Court would
be in need of some expert guidance.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">So, would there be any support for a rule change that would ban party sponsored experts from testifying?</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Instead, a party would petition the Court to appoint an expert who would then be paid through the Court equally by all parties. The expert would then be testifying as a truly neutral witness. The experts would go through a
vetting process to become certified as an expert in any particular field and much like a list of mediators, a list would be available to the Courts. The parties either agree on an expert who is then approached by the Court, or the Court selects its own expert.
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">This makes the expert testimony much more reliable and the qualification of the expert has been handled ahead of time. No more Daubert challenges, the Court has predetermined who is and who is not a reliable expert. The Court
decides whether to allow the expert to present his testimony or simple advise the Court with regard to any questions the Court may have.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">The Parties would be free to engage their own consulting experts to assist with questioning, etc., but no testimony from them.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Thanks for reading. What do you think? </span>
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