Watson v. Perritt

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• The trial judge must ensure that the methods used by the proffered expert are based on the “methods and procedures of science” rather than on “subjective belief or unsupported speculation.”
• trial court has wide discretion when motion for new trial is based on reasons other than that the verdict was against the weight of the evidence, specifically when a party claims that evidence presented at trial was inadmissible

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