The GCRM Blog
Over a career spanning nearly thirty years, Scott Margraves has helped hundreds of businesses broaden their coverage, manage their risks, and reduce their costs. This blog contains his thoughts, ideas, insights, stories, and musings.
When litigation involves professional decisions—whether in insurance, construction, or risk management—one concept almost always becomes central to the case: standard of…
If you’ve ever worked with an expert witness—or are thinking about bringing one into a case—you’ve probably wondered: What do…
One of the most common—and costly—mistakes in litigation is waiting too long to bring in an expert witness. Many attorneys…-
Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming part of everyday professional life, including the legal industry. From document review to case research,…
In complex litigation, expert testimony can shape the outcome of a case. But not everyone with experience in an industry…
By the time an expert witness sits down for a deposition, the opinions shouldn’t be new—to the expert or to counsel.…
When attorneys bring in an expert witness, they’re not just looking for credentials—they’re looking for opinions that hold up. Opinions…-
Expert witness testimony can strengthen a case—or completely derail it. Courts increasingly scrutinize expert opinions, and even highly credentialed experts…
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When litigation involves insurance coverage, claims handling, or contractual risk transfer, the claim file becomes one of the most important…
If you work in litigation—whether as an attorney, claims professional, or expert witness—you’ve probably heard plenty of discussion about the…
