Year: 2002
Type: article
Abstract: Opinions are usually inadmissible as evidence in a trial. However, for hundreds of years, our Anglo-American common law jurisprudence has admitted expert opinion testimony on matters that are beyond the understanding or knowledge of the average lay person on a jury. There are two predicates for admissibility of opinion testimony. First, it must be relevant to the issues in the trial and, second, the opinion must be reliable, i.e., it must come from someone who is knowledgeable in the field in which the opinion is being expressed and must be scientifically valid.
Source: Journal of Life Care Planning
DOI: 10.70385/001c.151341
Authors: Richard N. Countiss, Paul M. Deutsch
Language: English
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4416824175
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