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· 3/16/1979

District of Columbia v. Barriteau

Citations

  • 399 A.2d 563
  • 1979 D.C. App. LEXIS 300

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • \[T]he decision to admit expert testimony lies within the sound discretion of the trial court.\
  • jury may consider impact of future inflation in arriving at future loss of income in personal injury cases
  • “[T]he decision to admit expert testimony lies within the sound discretion of the trial court.”
  • “[n]ot every element of damages warrants the use of expert testimony, and the decision to admit expert testimony lies within the sound discretion of the trial court”
  • expert testimony is only as good as the grounds on which it is based
  • expert testimony regarding economic loss

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Judges: Newman, Ne-Beker, Yeagley

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