[Opinion] Dead Men Neither Wear Plaid Nor Render Opinions To A Reasonable Degree of Professional Certainty

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Dead Men Neither Wear Plaid Nor Render Opinions To A Reasonable Degree of Professional Certainty

Taking a break from everything being on fire to report this quick hit (h/t several people on BlueSky): every judge interprets the Daubert standard (or whatever standard applies in their state) a little different, but I assure you that a qualification for anyone to testify as an expert witness on any subject is that they must be alive. Richard Gadrow, an appraiser and witness designated by the plaintiffs in a Southern District of Texas case, died…