http://viewfromll2.com/2010/01/24/just-how-certain-should-an-expert-witness-be/ Thoughts on law, economics, and all things slightly geeky. Thu, 31 May 2012 07:01:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://viewfromll2.com/2010/01/24/just-how-certain-should-an-expert-witness-be/#comment-294 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:46:47 +0000 http://viewfromll2.com/?p=1144#comment-294 I wonder how much experts actually are “absolutely certain.” In the interesting Supreme Court case of Delaware v. Fensterer, for instance, the expert couldn’t even remember the basis for his final conclusion. (The Supreme Court ruled that testimony was still admissible.) Makes me think that there might be more than a few test cases for your “less than certain” expert theory.

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