In Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Co. v. Navlen, 4D2022-1590, the Fourth District reversed the trial court’s order denying Universal’s motion to strike the insureds’ expert witness and remanded for a new trial, holding that the expert’s reliance on experience
The Fourth District Court of Appeal, in Crane Co., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., and Hollingswoth & Vose Co. v. Delisle, 2016 WL 4771438 (Fla. 4th DCA September 14, 2016), recently reversed an $8 million verdict in favor of a plaintiff
Two years ago, the Florida Legislature adopted the Daubert1 standard to govern the admissibility of expert testimony at trial. An expert witness is someone qualified by virtue of education, training or experience to render opinions that help a jury understand
On July 1, 2013, the amendments to § 90.702 and § 90.704 of the Florida Evidence Code, which govern admissibility of expert testimony, went into effect. The legislative history indicates that the intent of the amendments were to move Florida
With the stroke of its governor’s pen on June 4, 2013, Florida joined the federal courts and the growing trend in state courts in applying the standards for the admissibility of expert opinion testimony established by the Federal Rules of
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