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Mayfield may not be running for office but even if he doesn't get his license back, he could still look to operate a race team under his wife's name. To do that they'll need sponsors and fans to support their efforts, so I think it is important to Mayfield what people think.If this is true, it would appear their vetting process is poor to nonexistent.Which is kind of surprising since Mayfield's lawyer is supposedly so good. But maybe he just wanted someone who would give the opinions he was looking for and was willing to ignore problems with his credentials to get what he was looking for. Even if the court throws out items of the suit connected to this expert a lot of people will probably still believe a lot of what he said to be true so it is probably still a win for Mayfield in the court of public opinion.
This isn't about Mayfield right now....
Besides, as cute as the phrase is, the "court of public opinion" isn't getting Mayfield's NASCAR license restored - it's not like he's running for office, and whoever manipulates the press best wins - this is something real. Opinions are not important, facts are. And once something hits the courts, facts are only what can be proven through evidence.
Mayfield’s attorney is
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an idiot. This isn't about what he had or didn't have in his system. This is about an attorney who just didn't do his job....
It's SOP for the other side to check an opposing expert's credentials. You want to know how often they are paid to testify, find all their published work, no matter how obscure, to try and show inconsistency in their opinion, things like that to try and discredit their opinions when they're on the stand. I can guarantee NASCAR never expected to find this.....
Since I have no reason to doubt a college administrator, at the very least Diehl and his office did not do due diligence when investigating this man. Not good for his firm and his reputation.
Yikes. You don't mislead a Court. Ever.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iIrJsPPI21aR09RlfXaGlJuFiysAD98RRGLO0
LOL. What do you expect from an attorney who states that Brian France is a resident of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina?
Any person even somewhat familiar with NASAR knows that the France family home base is Volusia County, FL.
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I just did a quick web search for MacFenerstein and came up with this as part of an article discussing some major testing issues in Bexar, TX.
A local toxicologist [MacFenerstein]who just lost his contract with the Bexar County Department of Family and Protective Services says he spent much of the last year fighting to convince the department of the necessity of GC/MS confirmation. GC/MS, or gas chromatography mass spectrometry, breaks samples down to the atomic level and is widely considered the gold standard.
“They were trying to put us in a spot,” said Harvey MacFenerstein, a medical toxicologist at Analytical Toxicology. “They got this brainstorm, they don’t want confirmation. I said we need confirmation for it to go to court. I mean, someone’s going to lose their kids, and I know most of the opiates and amphetamines are sinus pills and over-the-counter stuff. I mean, a few months ago I would have tested positive because I was taking Claritin.”
A 40-year veteran of the piss trade, MacFenerstein doesn’t even like to touch the so-called dip tests. “There’s just too many problems with them,” he said, “inaccuracies.”
http://www.sacurrent.com/news/story.asp?id=69369
Mayfield's attorney did a web search for "piss trade" and Claritin and then charged Jeremy $20K for the results.
A local toxicologist [MacFenerstein]who just lost his contract with the Bexar County Department of Family and Protective Services says he spent much of the last year fighting to convince the department of the necessity of GC/MS confirmation. GC/MS, or gas chromatography mass spectrometry, breaks samples down to the atomic level and is widely considered the gold standard.
“They were trying to put us in a spot,” said Harvey MacFenerstein, a medical toxicologist at Analytical Toxicology. “They got this brainstorm, they don’t want confirmation. I said we need confirmation for it to go to court. I mean, someone’s going to lose their kids, and I know most of the opiates and amphetamines are sinus pills and over-the-counter stuff. I mean, a few months ago I would have tested positive because I was taking Claritin.”
A 40-year veteran of the piss trade, MacFenerstein doesn’t even like to touch the so-called dip tests. “There’s just too many problems with them,” he said, “inaccuracies.”
http://www.sacurrent.com/news/story.asp?id=69369
Mayfield's attorney did a web search for "piss trade" and Claritin and then charged Jeremy $20K for the results.
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I don't like to touch them either. Too many problems ...
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Mayfield's side responds: http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/nascar/cup/news/story?id=4262494
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I got my doctorate from a Cracker Jack box... like to see somebody try and disprove that one! harumpfffffff!
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I did a quick search on MacFenerstein as well and the most immediate thing I noticed was that email address listed on his company's web site is a free Yahoo account.
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This is stupid.
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I currently work in a toxicology lab, and if in fact Jeremy was hung with nothing more than a dip test, then he will win in court. The whole industry is fighting against the dip test right now, and most doctors are using GC/MS or LC/MS to confirm all positive dip test results. With the substance in question being Meth, that opens up a whole other can of worms as that is one of the most difficult class of drugs to test for by any method.
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I got my doctorate from a Cracker Jack box... like to see somebody try and disprove that one! harumpfffffff!
OT I read an article on-line this morning about the Toledo police department ticketing cars parked in the owner's own driveway. Did you get caught? LOL
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I got my doctorate from a Cracker Jack box... like to see somebody try and disprove that one! harumpfffffff!
OT I read an article on-line this morning about the Toledo police department ticketing cars parked in the owner's own driveway. Did you get caught? LOL
OMG, I heard that on the radio today - it was hysterical - the mayor - whose elections results are still in question - refused to have the tickets voided, saying there was a law against parking on unpaved surfaces, including one's own gravel driveway. LOL
