Kumho Tire Co. v. Carmichael
526 U.S. 137 (1999) Cited 12,615 times 28 Legal AnalysesHolding that the Daubert gatekeeping standard applies not only to "scientific testimony" but also to "all expert testimony"
Reilly v. Natwest Mkts. Grp. Inc.
181 F.3d 253 (2d Cir. 1999) Cited 690 times 5 Legal AnalysesHolding that trial judges have wide discretion to impose sanctions for spoliation even in cases not involving "outrageous culpability"
McCullock v. H.B. Fuller Co.
61 F.3d 1038 (2d Cir. 1995) Cited 490 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that "[d]isputes as to the strength of [expert'] credentials, faults in his use of differential etiology as a methodology, or lack of textual authority for his opinion, go to the weight, not the admissibility, of his testimony."
Smith v. Lightning Bolt Productions, Inc.
861 F.2d 363 (2d Cir. 1988) Cited 403 timesHolding "it would be prejudicial to a defendant to attempt to litigate its financial condition during the trial on the issues of liability and compensatory damages," therefore the "preferred method" is to delay the punitive damages claim until the issues of liability and compensatory damages have been tried
Ambrosini v. Labarraque
101 F.3d 129 (D.C. Cir. 1996) Cited 215 timesHolding that because expert opinion was based on differential diagnosis, district court abused its discretion in refusing to admit it
In re Zyprexa Products Liability Litigation
489 F. Supp. 2d 230 (E.D.N.Y. 2007) Cited 155 times 1 Legal AnalysesFinding that "[s]ubjective methodology, as well as testimony that is insufficiently connected to the facts of the case," can serve as "grounds for rejection of expert testimony"
Payne v. Jones
711 F.3d 85 (2d Cir. 2013) Cited 108 timesFinding no prejudice where "the defendant failed to identify anything he would have testified to that was not included in the deposition testimony that was read to the jury"
Stagl v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.
117 F.3d 76 (2d Cir. 1997) Cited 166 timesHolding that a "well-trained [expert] with somewhat more general qualifications" should have been allowed to testify
Jeffreys v. Rossi
99 Civ. 4059 (SAS) (S.D.N.Y. Jul. 18, 2003) Cited 137 timesHolding that an officer may be personally involved in the use of excessive force if he either directly participates in the assault or if he was present during the assault, yet failed to intervene on behalf of the victim, even though the officer had a reasonable opportunity to do so
United States v. Rouco
765 F.2d 983 (11th Cir. 1985) Cited 155 timesHolding that Rouco's confession was not involuntary where Rouco was placed face-down on a hot parking lot pavement, handcuffed, detained at gunpoint, and subsequently placed in an unairconditioned squad car with the windows rolled up for 20 minutes because "any physical discomfort Rouco may have suffered at the arrest scene was not caused intentionally but stemmed from the agents' preoccupation with [the victim's] condition"
Rule 702 - Testimony by Expert Witnesses
Fed. R. Evid. 702 Cited 26,670 times 255 Legal AnalysesAdopting the Daubert standard
Rule 901 - Authenticating or Identifying Evidence
Fed. R. Evid. 901 Cited 5,149 times 47 Legal AnalysesHolding that "[t]estimony that a matter is what it is claimed to be" is sufficient authentication
Rule 703 - Bases of an Expert's Opinion Testimony
Fed. R. Evid. 703 Cited 4,719 times 26 Legal AnalysesExplaining that facts or data of a type upon which experts in the field would reasonably rely in forming an opinion need not be admissible in order for the expert's opinion based on the facts and data to be admitted