General Elec. Co. v. Joiner

ELR Citation: ELR 20227
No(s). 96-188 (U.S. Dec 15, 1997)

The Court holds that abuse of discretion is the proper standard by which to review a district court's decision to admit or exclude scientific evidence. The Court first holds that the court of appeals applied an overly stringent review of the exclusion of the plaintiff's experts' testimony, thereby f...