218 Ga. App. 731 - Baxter v. Melton’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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1. ““ ‘Expert opinion testimony on issues to be decided by the jury, even the ultimate issue, is admissible where the conclusion of the expert is one which jurors would not ordinarily be able to draw for themselves; i.e., the conclusion is beyond the ken of the average layman. . . . However, it is equally clear that the scope of what is admissible as expert opinion testimony is not unlimited. It is the established rule in Georgia, that where (a) the path from evidence to conclusion is not shrouded in the mystery of professional skill or knowledge, and (b) the conclusion determines the ultimate issues of fact in a case, the jury must make the journey from evidence to conclusion without the aid of expert testimony. A party may not bolster his (case) as to the ultimate issue with expert testimony when the jury could reach the same conclusion independently of the opinion of others.’ (Cit.)” Baxter v. Melton, 218 Ga. App. 731, 732 ( 463 SE2d 53 ) (1995) (physical precedent only).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hadden v. Are Properties, LLC