‘Wholesale’ Adoption of Another’s Valuation Makes Expert Testimony Worthless

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San Bernardino Cty. Trans. Auth. v. Byun
2018 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 3611
US
State Court
California
Court of Appeal
Unknown (plaintiff); Anthony Ghosn (defendants)
Guerrero

Summary

In eminent domain case, appeals court says trial court’s exclusion of defendants’ valuation expert was justified where expert simply adopted another expert’s valuation without testing the raw financial data and being able to substantiate the other expert’s assumptions and conclusions.

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San Bernardino Cty. Trans. Auth. v. Byun

In eminent domain case, appeals court says trial court’s exclusion of defendants’ valuation expert was justified where expert simply adopted another expert’s valuation without testing the raw financial data and being able to substantiate the other expert’s assumptions and conclusions.