Qualification of An Expert Witness


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A person is qualified to testify as an expert witness if he has special knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education sufficient to qualify him as an expert on the subject to which his testimony relates.

An expert witness is used when his opinion is related to a subject that is sufficiently beyond common experience that the opinion of an expert would assist the trier of fact.

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