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Originally Posted by rubecube
Trout, do you know from personal experience if the Bar Association would look at something like this as grounds for any kind of punitive measure? The guy made a decision clearly based on junk science and is putting both the kids and the greater public at risk because of it.
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I think that is a slippery slope. Judges make bad decisions all of the time. Maybe in a case of extreme malpractice, otherwise I think appeals are the proper avenue.
Now, a "binding arbitration" may be hard to appeal by its very nature, but I'm sure it must be possible. Corsi or Vlad could say more about that.
My father was an esteemed Engineer and an expert witness in many complicated trials. He was often annoyed that Judges (and lawyers) were making difficult decisions about very complicated and technical matters that they have no expertise in. But, how can we find Judges that are experts in technical fields? I think we are left with Judges being informed by expert witnesses, properly certified and cross-examined.