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July 14, 2020

DISCOVERING THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF AN EXPERT WITNESS.

"The financial information of an expert witness is squarely within the scope of discovery if its purpose is to uncover potential bias."  In re Jackson (Estate of Jackson v. Billingslea), No. 18-10400, 2019 WL 2743750, at *2 (E.D. Mich. July 1, 2019).

Discovery concerning experts in third-party insurance bad faith cases including the In re Jackson case, among other topics, is the subject of § 8:14, Considerations Applicable to Discovery by Insurers, and Expert Witnesses in Third-Party Bad Faith cases in general is the subject of § 8:17, in 1 Dennis J. Wall, Litigation and Prevention of Insurer Bad Faith (3d Edition Thomson Reuters West and 2020 Supplements).  Discovery by insurance carriers including concerning experts in first-party insurance cases is addressed in § 12:22, while § 12:18 features Expert Witnesses in First-Party Bad Faith cases in general, in Volume 2, id.

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Posted by on July 14, 2020 at 06:03 AM in Discovery, Experts in Insurance Cases |

Tags: #DennisJ.Wall, #Experts, #ExpertWitnessDiscovery, #ExpertWitnesses, #First-PartyBadFaith, #LitigationBadFaith, #PreventionBadFaith, #Third-PartyBadFaith

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