Jacobson v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of United States

How courts have described this case

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• “The admissibility and bounds of expert testimony are addressed primarily to the sound discretion of the trial court.”
• effect on mental state of consumption of a case of beer, several marijuana cigarettes and five to ten Valium tablets
• while jurors might be familiar with effects of alcohol on one’s mental state, combined impact of case of beer, several marijuana cigarettes, and 5 to 10 Valium tablets on person’s ability to act purposefully cannot be said as a matter of law to be within ken of typical juror

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).