Law » Courts » Evidence » Admissibility of evidence » Expert and scientific evidence » Must expert evidence be generally acceptable to experts or must the trial court make an independent assessment of the validity and reliability of such evidence? » Trial court must act as gatekeeper and make independent assessment » The expert or scientific evidence must be shown to be reliable » Trial court must determine reliability » Trial court may consider various factors » Examples of other appropriate factors » Whether expert principle or method was developed in anticipation of litigation: When considering whether...