Workers' Compensation
Listed below is McConnaughhay, Coonrod, Pope, Weaver & Stern, P.A.'s workers' compensation case law database. The database dates back until 1971 and includes over 5500 workers' compensation court decisions.
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U.S. Sugar Corporation v. Henson
27 FLW S551
Supreme Court determined that the standard for
accepting expert medical testimony into evidence is as
stated in the case of Frye v. United States, 293 Fed.
1013 (DC Circuit 1923), i.e., the basis for the
expert's opinion must be generally accepted in the
scientific field for which the expert opinion is
sought. By definition, this standard only applies when
an expert attempts to render an opinon that is based
upon new or novel scientific techniques. Appellate
review of a Frye determinations is de novo. Under
Frye, the inquiry must focus only on the general
acceptance of the scientific principles and
methodologies upon which an expert relies in rendering
his or her opinion. The opinion of the testifying
expert, however, need not be generally accepted as
well.
