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Hold Daubert Hearings, Says Mississippi High Court

By Peter Nordberg

Last week, a sharply divided Mississippi Supreme Court signaled that trial courts risk reversal if they exclude expert testimony without holding a Daubert hearing. See Smith v. Clement, No. 2006-CA-00018-SCT (Miss. Oct. 4, 2007). The testimony in question was offered on summary judgment, in an affidavit from the plaintiffs' mechanical engineer, to prove that a school bus fire was caused by defects in the bus's propane fuel system. The trial court struck the testimony and awarded summary jud read more

Full post as published by Blog 702 on October 07, 2007 (boomark / email).