| 1994 - 590 pages
...a clear understanding of the witness' testimony or the determination of a fact in issue. § 18.702 Testimony by experts. If scientific, technical, or other specialized knowledge will assist the judge as trier of fact to understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue, a witness qualified... | |
| 2006 - 670 pages
...a clear understanding of the witness' testimony or the determination of a fact in issue. § 18.702 Testimony by experts. If scientific, technical, or other specialized knowledge will assist the judge as trier of fact to understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue, a witness qualified... | |
| United States. Tax Court - 1988 - 1416 pages
...December 31, 1980, transactions under GAAP. The knowledgeable experts that the parties brought forth did "assist the trier of fact to understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue", in accordance with rule 702, Federal Rules of Evidence. However, it is unclear whether under GAAP petitioner... | |
| Patrick R. Anderson, Latham Thomas Winfree - 1987 - 262 pages
...evidence (Saltzburg & Redden, 1977). Relevant rules dealing with expert opinion testimony are as follows: Rule 702. Testimony by Experts. 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... | |
| Judith N. Levi, Anne Graffam Walker - 1990 - 409 pages
...Unreliable "Knowledge. " A case can also be made that expert testimony about conversation is necessary "to assist the trier of fact to understand the evidence, or to determine a fact in issue" (Fed. R. Evid. 702) because much of what ordinary people know about language is unconscious, tacit... | |
| O. Benjamin Kaplan - 1991 - 464 pages
...an opinion or otherwise," where he or she is qualified "by knowledge, skill, training or education," if "scientific, technical or other specialized knowledge...assist the trier of fact to understand the evidence to determine a fact in issue."9 The expert assists the judge and/or jury to understand and interpret... | |
| Faust F. Rossi, Eleanor M. Fox, James T. Halverson - 1991 - 1040 pages
...question, Who is an expert witness? Federal Rule of Evidence 702 permits qualified experts to testify if "scientific, technical, or other specialized knowledge will assist the trier of fact." For example, medical testimony in malpractice cases does not create a problem. The problem arises in... | |
| Peter Suedfeld, Philip Eyrikson Tetlock - 1992 - 392 pages
...Downing focused on the "helpfulness" criterion codified in Rule 702 of the Federal Rules of Evidence: lf scientific, technical, or other specialized knowledge...assist the trier of fact to understand the evidence or 10 determine a faa in issue. a witness qualified as an expert by knowledge , skill, experience. training.... | |
| |