Daubert v Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc: 28 Jun 1993

United States Supreme Court – The court considered the Federal Rules of Evidence in the use of expert or skilled evidence: ‘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.’

Citations:

(1993) 509 US 579, 43 F3d 13, 113 SCt 2786, 125 L Ed 2, 61 USLW 4805, (1993) 27 Idaho 2797, 125 L Ed 2d 469, 27 USPQ2d 1200

Jurisdiction:

United States

Cited by:

CitedKennedy v Cordia (Services) Llp SC 10-Feb-2016
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Held: Mrs Kennedy’s appeal succeeded. ‘There are in our view four considerations which . .
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Updated: 16 May 2022; Ref: scu.606455