178 W. Va. 82 - Ventura v. Winegardner’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 28 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 163 W. Va. 332 - Bradley v. Appalachian Power Co. · 145 W. Va. 408 - Spurlin v. Nardo · Connolly v. Nicollet Hotel · Connolly v. Nicollet Hotel · Apicella v. McNeil Laboratories, Inc.
Most-quoted passages
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“‘If scientific, technical, or other specialized knowledge will assist the trier of fact to understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue, a witness qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education may testify thereto in the form of an opinion or otherwise.’”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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