Northwestern journal of law and social policy, 2016
For over 20 years, the federal courts have adhered to a number of rules designed to ensure that o... more For over 20 years, the federal courts have adhered to a number of rules designed to ensure that only valid and reliable science forms the basis for court decisions. The seminal case is Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals,2 in which the U.S. Supreme Court set down the core standards for admissibility of scientific opinions. Those standards later became embodied in Federal Rule of Evidence 702, which reads:A witness who is qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education may testify in the form of an opinion or otherwise if:(a) the expert's scientific, technical, or other specialized knowledge will help the trier of fact to understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue;(b) the testimony is based on sufficient facts or data;(c) the testimony is the product of reliable principles and methods; and(d) the expert has reliably applied the principles and methods to the facts of the case.3There have been thousands of federal court decisions invol...
Northwestern journal of law and social policy, 2016
For over 20 years, the federal courts have adhered to a number of rules designed to ensure that o... more For over 20 years, the federal courts have adhered to a number of rules designed to ensure that only valid and reliable science forms the basis for court decisions. The seminal case is Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals,2 in which the U.S. Supreme Court set down the core standards for admissibility of scientific opinions. Those standards later became embodied in Federal Rule of Evidence 702, which reads:A witness who is qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education may testify in the form of an opinion or otherwise if:(a) the expert's scientific, technical, or other specialized knowledge will help the trier of fact to understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue;(b) the testimony is based on sufficient facts or data;(c) the testimony is the product of reliable principles and methods; and(d) the expert has reliably applied the principles and methods to the facts of the case.3There have been thousands of federal court decisions invol...
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