Reardon v. Meehan

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “[CJounsel shall not sit idly by, takfing] his [or her] chances with instructions given at trial, and then, having lost the case, seek a new trial and second opportunity, on the ground that the charge was prejudicial to his client”
• “[P]ermitting a rug to remain unfastened to the floor Per se may not constitute negligence”
• no need for expert testimony if jury is capable of comprehending the facts and drawing correct conclusions from them
• determinations as to the qualifications of a witness fall within the discretion of the trial court
• expert witness is confined to technical knowledge beyond that of the average man
• “The employment of testimony of an expert rises from necessity, a necessity born of the fact that the subject matter of the injury is one involving special skill and training beyond the ken of the ordinary layman.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).