Affidavit of Merit, Net Opinions & Learned Treatise Use
Date: Jun 25, 2024 9:00 a.m. – 12:35 p.m.
Location: Online
Member Price: $159
Non-Member Price: $199
Section Price: $149
Areas of Law: Civil
Earn up to 4 credits! (More Information)
Keynote
Moderator
- Jonathan H. Lomurro, Esq., LLM
- Certified By the Supreme Court of New Jersey As a Civil Trial Attorney
Lomurro, Munson, Comer, Brown & Schottland, LLC
Presenters
- Hon. Kathleen A. Sheedy, JSC
- Monmouth County Court House
- Caitlin Cardene, Esq.
- Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, Princeton
- Dominic A. DeLaurentis, Jr., Esq.
- Certified By the Supreme Court of New Jersey As a Civil Trial Attorney
Stahl & DeLaurentis, PC - Jeffrey A. Krawitz, Esq.
- Stark & Stark, Hamilton
- Francisco J. Rodriguez, Esq.
- Certified By the Supreme Court of New Jersey As a Civil Trial Attorney
Javerbaum Wurgaft Hicks Kahn Wikstrom & Sinins, PC
Recent court decisions involving the New Jersey net opinion rule, the affidavit of merit and the learned treatise form the foundation for this timely seminar focused on cutting edge issues involving the use of experts in civil trials.
Join us for this virtual seminar and gain a true understanding of the purpose of the Affidavit of Merit, the Net Opinion Rule, and the Learned Treatise and the issues you may be faced with in their application in your daily practice.
A panel of seasoned civil trial attorneys and a civil court judge will review the issues and solutions you need to know, including:
- Affidavit of Merit
- What is an Affidavit of Merit?
- When is an Affidavit of Merit required?
- Who is qualified to render an Affidavit of Merit?
- When must the Affidavit of Merit be filed?
- What type of information must be contained in the Affidavit of Merit?
- Special cases and considerations
- The New Jersey Net Opinion Rule
- What is the Net Opinion Rule?
- When is expert testimony supported by factual evidence and when is it a net opinion?
- How do you distinguish between speculation by an expert and acceptable expert testimony?
- A review of the recent case law
- Learned Treatise Use
- What qualifies?
- How to best utilize/attack
- When must it be disclosed?
- Challenges and issues
- How to elicit the information at trial?
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