Landmark Daubert Decision Develops New Standard for Admission of Expert Evidence

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Court Case Digests
June 28, 1993
2834 Pharmaceutical Preparations
325412 Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing
expert testimony
daubert, expert testimony, rule 702, reliability, Frye

Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
1993 U.S. LEXIS 4408, 509 U.S. 579, 113 S. Ct. 2786, 125 L. Ed. 2d 469, 27 U.S.P.Q.2D (BNA) 1200, 61 U.S.L.W. 4805, 93 Cal. Daily Op. Service 4825, 93 Daily Journal DAR 8148, 23 ELR 20979, CCH Prod. Liab. Rep. P13,494, 7 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 632
US
Federal Court
Federal
Supreme Court
Blackmun

Summary

Landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, which ended by promulgating a new “gatekeeping” function for federal judges and developing an evidentiary standard now known by a single name: Daubert.

See Also

Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, which ended by promulgating a new “gatekeeping” function for federal judges and developing an evidentiary standard now known by a single name: Daubert.