· 4/19/2013
In re the Adoption of I.R.C.
Citations
- 419 S.W.3d 857
- 2013 WL 1701607
- 2013 Mo. App. LEXIS 478
How courts have described this case
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- concluding that “Texas law does not per se disqualify a properly qualified biomechanical expert, who otherwise meets the requirements of Rule 702, from expressing opinions that will assist the jury in deciding injury causation questions”
- explaining expert testimony is relevant when it is “sufficiently tied to the facts of the case [so] that it will aid the jury in resolving a factual dispute”
- “Biomechanics is the study of the application or relation of the laws of mechanics to the body.”
- “Biomechanical experts are commonly designated when a [litigant] wish[es] to prove that a particular kind of injury might or might not result from an auto collision at a particular speed.”
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Judges: Francis, Lynch, Rahmeyer
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