Shamalon Bird Farm, Ltd. v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.

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• holding that “an expert witness must satisfactorily explain steps 16 followed in reaching [a] conclusion and give reasons for his opinion”
• explaining that the trial court has wide discretion to determine whether a witness is qualified to testify as an expert
• stating that such five-step probability calculations are methods used by expert witnesses
• stating that such five-step probability calculations are methods used by expert witnesses
• excluding testimony of insured's expert witness was not abuse of discretion where witness' deposition showed his inability to assist the fact finder in understanding complex business interruption claim
• excluding testi mony of insured’s expert witness was not abuse of discretion where witness’ deposition showed his inability to assist the fact finder in understanding complex business interruption claim

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).