· 11/17/1948
Liberty Mutual Insurance v. Industrial Accident Commission
Citations
- 33 Cal. 2d 89
- 199 P.2d 302
- 1948 Cal. LEXIS 291
How courts have described this case
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- emphasizing jury’s role in determining relative weight to give both expert and lay testimony, and noting narrow exceptions — such as standard of care in medical malpractice cases — in which jury’s finding must be supported by expert testimony
- “The trier of fact may accept the evidence of any one expert or choose a figure between them based on all the evidence.”
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Judges: Carter
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