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Decisions regarding witness sequestration are generally left to the discretion of the trial court

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August 23, 2010 at 4:17 pm

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Expert testimony is not admissible unless it appears that the witness is in possession of such facts as will enable him to express a reasonably accurate conclusion as distinguished from mere conjecture

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August 23, 2010 at 4:07 pm

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The trial court has discretion to determine if expert testimony is admissible

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August 12, 2010 at 11:22 am

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To admit expert testimony, the matter must concern a subject that is beyond the understanding of an average juror, and the field testified to must be at a state of the art such that an expert’s testimony could be sufficiently reliable

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July 19, 2010 at 6:30 pm

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A counterclaimant is considered to be the same as a plaintiff for purposes of the affidavit of merit statute

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July 19, 2010 at 5:45 pm

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In a legal malpractice bench trial, can a judge rely on his/her own knowledge and expertise in deciding the issues?

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July 19, 2010 at 5:38 pm

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Family part judges have broad discretion to appoint economic, medical, psychological and other mental health experts to aid the court and to order the payment of their fees by one or both of the parties

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June 29, 2010 at 11:37 am

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To meet the burden of general acceptability, the proponent of the scientific evidence must prove that the technology is a non-experimental, demonstrable technique that the relevant scientific community widely, but perhaps not unanimously, accepts as reliable

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June 23, 2010 at 6:35 pm

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The Million Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III (MCMI-III) test

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April 29, 2010 at 12:34 pm

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An expert opinion may be corroborated, confirmed or bolstered by hearsay, but may not rely exclusively or primarily on it

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April 29, 2010 at 12:31 pm

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