This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Litigation

Nov. 18, 2014

Courts still grapple with expert testimony standard

State jurisdictions are inching closer to the federal Daubert standard governing admissibility of expert testimony. By Belynda Reck


By Belynda Reck


State jurisdictions are inching closer to the federal Daubert standard governing admissibility of expert testimony. For example, the Florida state legislature adopted the requirements of the Daubert standard in April 2013. Although California has not fully abandoned the Kelly/Frye framework, in 2012 the state Supreme Court took a bold step in setting a new standard for admissibility of expert testimony in Sargon Ente...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up