Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Experts Excluded from Trial

Conroy v. Vilsack, 2013 WL 491546 (2/11/13) (Ut.) (Published) - The 10th's decision about experts in this civil case might be helpful in opposing expert testimony. The 10th upholds exclusion of an expert because she had no specific connection with the relevant particular area of specialization and she did not show the relevant specialization category was "within the reasonable confines" of her established expertise. The 10th upholds the exclusion of another expert because his testimony would not be reliable since his conclusion was based on a misunderstanding of the facts.