Significant cases require competent, thoughtful expert testimony. Expert witnesses usually can go to the heart of a dispute more directly than percipient witnesses. Expert testimony is a powerful tool — but it must be used with care.
Role of the Experts
Experts assist the finder of fact in cases that involve scientific, technical or other specialized knowledge. An expert may rely on facts or data of “a type reasonably relied upon by the experts in a particular field,” regardless of admissibility. Fed. R. Evid. 703; see also, Cal. Evid. Code § 801(b). The expert’s ability to rely on hearsay and other inadmissible material is a powerful tool for the court. Your expert is the witness who can really tell the story to the court or the jury in a simple, mostly uninterrupted narrative.
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