Taking Daubert’s “Focus” Seriously: The Methodology/Conclusion Distinction

Authors

Kenneth J. Chesebro

Abstract

Last June's United States Supreme Court decision in Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., rejected the Frye "general acceptance" test for scientific evidence, and went on to make "some general observations" about proper admissibility analysis under Federal Rule of Evidence 702. Daubert was the Court's first decision squarely addressing the expert testimony provisions of the Federal Rules of Evidence, and United States Law Week called Daubert "probably the most important procedural case of the term."

Keywords

Testimony, Legal Practice and Procedure, Admiralty Law, Expert Witnesses and Scientific Evidence, Evidence, Maritime Law, Witnesses, Medical Jurisprudence

Disciplines

Admiralty | Evidence | Law | Medical Jurisprudence

Recommended Citation

Kenneth J. Chesebro, Taking Daubert’s “Focus” Seriously: The Methodology/Conclusion Distinction, 15 Cardozo L. Rev. 1745 (1994).
Available at: https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/clr/vol15/iss6/2