Supreme Court clarifies expert testimony rules.
| Autor: | White, Jeffrey Robert |
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| Zdroj: | Trial: The National Legal Newsmagazine; May99, Vol. 35 Issue 5, p15, 2p |
| Abstrakt: | Reports on the United States Supreme Court's ruling on the use of expert witnesses under Federal Rule of Evidence 702. Highlights of the case `Kumho Tire Co. v. Carmichael'; Product liability action brought by the Carmichael family against Kumho Tire; Trial judge's gatekeeping role; Need to show good cause to doubt the reliability of proposed witnesses; Judge's discretion to avoid unnecessary reliability proceedings. |
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