Monday, June 26, 2006

Liberal Law Professor Crashes Manhattan Institute's Gates

In what may prove a laudable show of tolerance for heterodoxy, Point of Law has invited Prof. Bill Childs, a self-described "progressive Democrat" who teaches at the Western New England College School of Law and also writes TortsProf Blog, to guest-blog for a week on a subject he calls "Tort Reform for Liberals." His inaugural post suggests that he will focus largely on the use and abuse of science in litigation.

posted by pn at 2:55 PM  

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Fed. R. Evid. 702: 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, if (1) the testimony is based upon sufficient facts or data, (2) the testimony is the product of reliable principles and methods, and (3) the witness has applied the principles and methods reliably to the facts of the case.