Tag: Psychiatric
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Psychiatry Experts’ Opinions on Causation and Permanency Admitted
This action arises from the pled sexual assault of Plaintiff Margaret Betts by a massage therapist during an in-room massage appointment at Sixty LES, a hotel owned and managed by Defendants Sixty Lower East Side, LLC, Sixty Hotels, LLC, and Sixty Hotel Manager, LLC. Plaintiff has proffered two expert witnesses, Dr. Steven A. Fayer and…
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Psychiatry Expert’s Testimony Not Fully Excluded Despite His Reliance on a Previous Edition of the DSM
In a recent Michigan case involving allegations of sexual abuse against visually impaired minors in public schools, the admissibility of expert psychiatric testimony became a focal point. Specifically, the Court grappled with challenges to Dr. Gerald Shiener‘s expertise and methodology. Plaintiffs presented Shiener, a psychiatrist, to testify on the “causation and damages” related to the…
