Lappe v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that Daubert applies only to expert evidence approaching the outer limits of traditional science
• finding that the failure of a proffered expert to perform certain tests or measurements “will go to the weight of his testimony, not its admissibility”
• expert witness with Ph.D in biomedical engineering without. direct experience in auto design qualified as an expert in defective design case based on extensive experience in accident reconstruction and analysis of vehicular accidents
• “Liberality and flexibility in evaluating qualifications should be the rule; the proposed expert should not be required to satisfy an overly narrow test of his own qualifications.”
• \[L]iberality and flexibility in evaluating qualifications should be the rule; the proposed expert should not be required to satisfy an overly narrow test of his own qualifications.\
• “In a product liability action, an expert witness is not strictly confined to his area of practice, but may testify concerning related applications; a lack of specialization affects the weight of the opinion, not its admissibility.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).