Judge Looks To Recent Precedent In Allowing Crash Expert To Testify

Mealey's (September 17, 2020, 10:29 AM EDT) -- SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A forensic engineer can testify that a highway authority's negligence caused a fatal accident in a construction zone, a federal judge in Puerto Rico held Sept. 14, saying the authority was asking him to go beyond his gatekeeping role of determining whether the expert's testimony was admissible (Carlos Ortiz De Jesus, et al. v. Andres Reyes Burgos, Inc., et al., No. 17-2349, D. Puerto Rico, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 168986)....