Admissible Expert Testimony Kenneth Fields v. the State of California

As the field of life care planning expands in scope and becomes the pivotal point in the evaluation of litigated damages, so does the attempt by opposing counsel to disqualify the life care planning testimony. According to Weed’s (2006) Life Care Planning in Light of Daubert however, he allowed both parties a chance to submit legal briefs on the issue, before completely excluding the testimony. Plaintiff ’s attorney, Douglas L. Gordon, of Miles, Sears & Eanni in Fresno, CA, submitted a trial brief regarding “Admissible Expert Testimony”, based on published standards of care in life care planning, along with case law, or lack thereof, that successfully overturned the trial judge’s initial decision. Thus the life care planning testimony was allowed to proceed.