640 So. 2d 570 - Sattler v. Hammond’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “Although LSA-C.E. art. 702 et seq. has generally relaxed heretofore stringent requirements before witnesses may qualify as experts, greatly facilitating the use of expert testimony, the trial court still retains broad discretion as to whether expert testimony should be | (¡admitted, particularly in jury trials. However, generally, the fact that a medical doctor is not a specialist in a particular field applies only to the effect or weight to be given such testimony, not to its admissibility. We are of the opinion that the trial court should have allowed Dr. Seiden [a psychiatrist] to testify on the effects of stress on the heart. The failure to do so was not harmless error.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 729 So. 2d 611 - Ceaser v. Stiner

2. “qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education may testify [thereto] in the form of an opinion or otherwise.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Villa v. Geico Cas. Ins. Co.