Testimony to West Virginia Joint Judiciary Subcommittee

Testimony of Jill C. Manning, M.s. Hearing on Pornography’s Impact on Marriage & the Family Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights Committee on Judiciary United States Senate

Assessing Damages in Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Litigation: The State of West Virginia

The federal/state legal system of the United States means that a forensic economist faces different legal rules and parameters in each state of his or her practice. It is the purpose of this article to provide an experienced forensic economist, entering a West Virginia case, with necessary information and guidance for appropriate testimony in personal injury and wrongful death cases. This is ac...

Testimony before the Committee on Small Business Subcommittee on Health and Technology

Health and Technology, thank you for the invitation to provide testimony regarding the opportunities and challenges for small medical practices seeking to incorporate telehealth into everyday practice. My name is Dr. Karen Rheuban, and I direct the Center for Telehealth at the University of Virginia. I am the Principal Investigator of the federally funded Mid Atlantic Telehealth Resource Center...

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

It is without question that “‘[d]etermination of the proper coverage of an insurance contract when the facts are not in dispute is a question of law’”, i.e., a legal determination. Tennant v. Smallwood, 211 W.Va. 703, 568 S.E.2d 10, 13 (2002) (citations omitted). Nevertheless, it is not uncommon for a party seeking coverage in a declaratory judgment action to identify an “expert witness” to tes...

Association of Television Viewing Time With Overweight/Obesity Independent of Meeting Physical Activity Guidelines: Do Joint Exposures Yield Independence?

1Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA 2Department of Sport Sciences with Joint Appointment to Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA 3Biostatistics and Epidemiology Branch, Health Effects Laboratory Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety a...