Fitzgerald v. Com.’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
March 2017
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Johnson v. Commonwealth · John v. Wong Shik Im · Combs v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co. · Neblett, Adm'r v. Hunter · Velazquez v. Commonwealth
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Generally, to qualify as an expert the witness needs only to have a degree of knowledge of a subject matter beyond that of persons of common intelligence and ordinary experience so that the witness’ opinion will have value in assisting the trier of fact in understanding the evidence or determining a fact in issue.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“we held that the testimony given by the biomechanical engineer came within the prohibition recited in Combs and John. Id. More recently, in Conley , we considered whether the trial court erred in permitting a licensed clinical social worker to testify concerning the diagnosis and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Notwithstanding these general principles, we have concluded that certain subject matter is exclusive to a particular field of expertise such that only witnesses trained as professionals in that field of expertise are qualified to render expert opinions regarding that subject matter.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.