Doris Berry, Personal Representative of the Estate of Lee F. Berry, Jr., Deceased v. City of Detroit

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• explaining in the context of expert testimony that “[w]e would not allow a fingerprint expert in a criminal case to opine that a defendant was guilty (a legal conclusion
• “merely possessing a medical degree is not sufficient to permit a physician to testify concerning any medical-related issue.”
• “After granting Nidec’s motion for partial summary 26 judgment, the Court entered final judgment on Molon’s patent infringement claim pursuant 27 to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 54(b).”
• “It is the responsibility of the court, not testifying witnesses, to define legal terms.
• “[I]f one wanted to explain to a jury how a bumblebee is able to fly, an aeronautical engineer might be a helpful witness. Since flight principles have some universality, the expert could apply general principles to the case of the bumblebee.”
• “a municipality’s failure to train its employees in a relevant respect evidences a ‘deliberate indifference’ to the rights of its inhabitants [and] such a shortcoming [can] be properly thought of as a city ‘policy or custom’ that is actionable under § 1983.”

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