'Gatekeeping' Expands in Two Jurisdictions

This article explores two noteworthy decisions from 2012 by the Supreme Courts of California and Pennsylvania that break away from the narrow <I>Frye</I> test, clearly mandate active gatekeeping responsibility for trial judges, and broaden the scope of inquiries into expert scientific testimony.

36 minute read July 30, 2013 at 11:12 AM
By
Christopher W. Wood
'Gatekeeping' Expands in Two Jurisdictions

Twenty years ago, federal courts came under new rules for admissibility of expert scientific testimony from the U.S. Supreme Court decision, Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, 509 U.S. 579 (1993).

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