Friday, January 14, 2005

Bad Day for Experts in Virginia

Steve Minor, our Virginia correspondent, reports on three decisions by the Virginia Supreme Court on Friday in which expert testimony was disallowed.

Update 1/18/05: L. Steven Emmert has more.

posted by pn at 11:31 PM  

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Fed. R. Evid. 702: If scientific, technical, or other specialized knowledge will assist the trier of fact to understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue, a witness qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education, may testify thereto in the form of an opinion or otherwise, if (1) the testimony is based upon sufficient facts or data, (2) the testimony is the product of reliable principles and methods, and (3) the witness has applied the principles and methods reliably to the facts of the case.