Admissibility of Expert Testimony
The October 27, 2005, opinion of the Tennessee Supreme Court in Brown v. Crown Equipment Corporation discusses use of the McDaniel factors in determining whether an expert's opinions should be admitted into evidence. The Supreme Court explained that an expert witness' testimony should not necessarily be excluded based upon the outcome of the application of the McDaniel factors. The Court recognized that, for some expert opinion, the McDaniel factors do not provide a reasonable measure of the reliability of the expert's methodologies. This is definitely a case to read.