Anderson v. Orleans Parish School Board

How courts have described this case

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• holding that preponderance of evidence is sufficient to show economic loss warranting restitution
• explaining that lay witness testimony is limited to facts the witness has “seen, heard, felt, smelled, tasted, or done”
• explaining that testimony based on professional training reflects specialized reasoning rather than ordinary observation
• affirming decision to reopen case before submission to jury where defense proposed untimely instruction on theory state “was unlikely to anticipate”
• affirming decision to reopen case before submission to jury where defense proposed untimely instruction on theory state “was unlikely to anticipate”
• “[A]n opinion or inference conforms to Rule 701(c) if it is reached through the application of every day reasoning or the consultation of a resource available to the general public.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).