Trejo
Trejo v. California Forensic Medical Group
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
10 JOSE TREJO, et al., Case No.: 20-cv-1465-DDL 11 Plaintiffs,
ORDER RE EXPERT TESTIMONY
12 v.
CALIFORNIA FORENSIC MEDICAL
GROUP,
Defendant. 16 During the ongoing trial in this case, both parties have presented witness testimony under Federal Rule of Evidence 702. Plaintiffs called Tim Gravette and Nichole Johnson, M.D., and Defendant called Kimberly Pearson, R.N. Other than an issue regarding an aspect of Pearson’s testimony that the Court resolved prior to trial, neither side objected to the other’s presentation of expert testimony from these witnesses, and the Court allowed the parties to proceed under Rule 702 as to each witness. “The Federal Rules of Evidence allow expert testimony that will assist a trier of fact in understanding the evidence or in determining a fact in issue, so long as (1) the testimony is based upon sufficient facts or data, (2) the testimony is the product of reliable principles and methods, and (3) the witness has applied the principles and methods reliably to…