3rd Circuit Affirms Expert Rulings, Denial Of New Trial For Man Who Was Shot

(August 8, 2018, 1:25 PM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — A trial court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to exclude opinions by a Philadelphia police officer’s bullet-trajectory expert in an excessive force case filed by a man the officer shot while off duty, the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held July 31 (Joshua Taylor v. Larry Shields, No. 17-2439, 3rd Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 21147)....