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Other books By Leon S. Robertson
Mazur, Allan and Robertson, Leon S.: BIOLOGY AND SOCIAL BEHAVIOR, NewYork: The Free Press, 1972.Robertson, Leon S.: Kosa, John; Heagarty, Margaret C.; Haggerty, Robert J.;and Alpert, Joel J.: CHANGING THE MEDICAL CARE SYSTEM: A CONTROLLEDEXPERIMENT IN COMPREHENSIVE CARE, New York: Praeger Publishers, 1974.Robertson, Leon S. and Heagarty, Margaret C.: MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY: AGENERAL SYSTEMS APPROACH, Chicago: Nelson-Hall Company, 1975.Robertson, Leon S.: INJURIES: CAUSES, CONTROL STRATEGIES AND PUBLICPOLICY, Lexington: D.C. Heath, 1983.Committee on Trauma Research (member), National Research Council and TheInstitute of Medicine: INJURY IN AMERICA: A CONTINUING PUBLIC HEALTHPROBLEM, Washington: National Academy Press, 1985.Panel on Occupational Safety and Health Statistics (member), NationalResearch Council: COUNTING INJURIES AND ILLNESSES IN THE WORKPLACE:PROPOSALS FOR A BETTER SYSTEM, Washington: National Academy Press,1987.Committee on Injury Control (Vice chair), National Research Council and theInstitute of Medicine: INJURY CONTROL, Washington: National AcademyPress, 1988.Robertson, Leon S.: INJURY EPIDEMIOLOGY, New York: Oxford UniversityPress, 1992.Robertson, Leon S.: INJURY EPIDEMIOLOGY: RESEARCH AND CONTROLSTRATEGIES, New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.Robertson, Leon S.: INJURY EPIDEMIOLOGY (Third Edition), New York: OxfordUniversity Press, in press.
 
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 THE EXPERT WITNESS SCAM
Leon S. Robertson, Ph.D., Yale University (retired)
Copyright 2000, 2006 All rights reserved.
 
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Preface
 I wrote this book with some trepidation that readers would get the wrongidea. In the 1960s when I was teaching undergraduates, I once presentedstatistical data on the social and political characteristics of top executivesof corporations. They were predominantly Episcopalian, Republican, anddrove Cadillacs or Lincolns (this was before the Mercedes-Beamerinvasion). When I asked the class what that indicated, one student spokeup and said he intended to convert to the Episcopal Church, join theRepublican Party and buy a Cadillac.The book is intended to illustrate the problem of testimony by paid"expert witnesses" in court and to suggest some solutions. But it couldattract more players to the expert-witness racket. If it attracts expertswho are willing to maintain their integrity and that of the sciences theyrepresent, that would be fine. If revelation of the riches to be gained bysaying anything the lawyers want to hear attracts those willing to do so, thelegal system will be even more corrupted.I have nothing against lawyers as a class but you will meet some in thisbook of whom I am less than fond. During my days as an expert witness, Imet many lawyers whom I found friendly and intelligent and, from what Icould tell, were working in the best interest of their clients. When I beganworking on this book, I mailed a request to several lawyers with whom Iworked, asking for material regarding expert witnesses who had beencaught misrepresenting credentials, data or facts in a case. Not a singleone sent me information. One did send me a transcript of a witness whowas not testifying as an expert and another sent a specific transcript that Irequested.Therefore, the materials referenced in this book were obtained mainly inthe course of my involvement as an expert witness in legal cases, or werepurchased from services that provide such materials. The references are inChapter Notes at the end of the book.
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