Dowell v. Vandalia Banking Ass'n

How courts have described this case

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• finding the court must evaluate the substance of the expert's testimony to determine if it is reliable
• acknowledging the trial judge erred in admitting certain expert testimony after making an initial determination of the witness's expertise but without vetting the testimony for its reliability
• stating, \The key factor for determining whether a trial error constitutes reversible error is whether it appears beyond a reasonable doubt that the error complained of did not contribute to the verdict obtained\ (internal quotation marks omitted
• error is harmless when it appears beyond a reasonable doubt that it did not contribute to the verdict

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).