Seven months ago, the Florida Supreme Court declined to adopt Daubert as the standard for admitting expert testimony in Florida state courts. In DeLisle v. Crane Co., 258 So. 3d 1219 (2018), the court ...

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In a decision that narrows the path to class certification in federal court, the Fifth Circuit has held that a plaintiff must clear the Daubert hurdle when expert evidence is relevant to the decision ...

Nearly seven years ago, through a legislative change, Florida joined the super majority of states and the federal judiciary in adopting the Daubert standard, replacing Frye, regarding the admission of ...

Earlier this year, the Florida Supreme Court reinstated the Daubert standard for evaluating and admitting expert testimony, after having abandoned it in favor of the Frye standard. Trial courts will ...

Two Maryland high court judges have taken the unusual step of sharply criticizing their colleagues for declining to reconsider their decision last month that permits judges to admit into evidence ...

As part of a package of tort reform proposals, Florida Gov. Rick Scott promised during his campaign to change the standard in which courts consider expert scientific testimony. Scott argued during the ...

With the possible exception of arborists, litigation experts don’t grow on trees. Even if they did, to testify as an expert in a particular area, they must be qualified before the court. Before we get ...

“Summary judgment does not demand, as Daubert does, that expert testimony meet ‘exacting standards of reliability.’ The summary judgment standard is far less demanding and allows the weakest of ...

TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) -- More than six years after a car crash killed five people in South Florida, the case could become a test for how courts apply a controversial standard for expert witness ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (News Service of Florida) — More than six years after a car crash killed five people in South Florida, the case could become a test for how courts apply a controversial standard for ...