On July 11, 2017, the Florida Supreme Court accepted jurisdiction of a case in which it is expected to finally decide, conclusively, whether Florida courts are to apply the Frye or Daubert standard to ...

The reaffirmation of Frye in Florida is, for lack of a better phrase, a big deal that bucks the trend in most other states. 3 In order to appreciate the significance of this shift in Florida, a brief ...

The Florida Supreme Court rejected a 2013 law intended to bring the state's expert witness standard in line with most others as an overreach into court territory. In a 4-3 decision, the court ...

In his Matrimonial Practice column, Timothy M. Tippins, an adjunct professor at Albany Law School, writes: Eighteen years after the U.S. Supreme Court enunciated a heightened standard of scrutiny to ...

In a crucial 4-3 decision, in Delisle v. Crane, Case (No. SC16-2182) (Oct 15. 2018), the Florida Supreme Court has clarified the law governing the admissibility of expert witness testimony in ...

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David Haber, with Haber Slade. In construction cases in particular, insurance carriers providing a defense to developers, contractors, architects, engineers and manufacturers often waited until the ...