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The Gatekeeper

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The Roll of Expert Testimony

Before the 19 80 there was no idea that you could keep, in a civil case, an expert off the witness stand. Rule seven o two defines an expert rather broadly. But mike said, you got to the 19 eighties, things started to change. Jury struck a blow where betrans started to give out one point nine billion dollars,. big settlements to plaintiffs. And it's the junkiest science that's being used to prove these cases.

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