Daniel Gerber talked with Florida Record? about the Florida Supreme Court?’s adoption of the Daubert Standard for expert evidence and the court’s recent rejection of a bid by the code and rules of evidence committee of the Florida Bar to reconsider the decision.

Although changing the standard of evidence admission may seem complicated, Gerber says it enhances the Florida court system’s ability to be more in line with other states’ courts.

“The most important outcome is that Florida joins the vast majority of federal and state courts in applying the modern Daubert standard and this gives Florida judges a rich and modern set of case law on which to base the decision on the admissibility of expert testimony,” Gerber said.

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