Expert evidence or testimony based on possible matches or similarities between fingerprints on separate specimens to show the identity of the source of the fingerprints is sufficiently reliable to satisfy the requirements of Federal Rule of Evidence 702 or comparable State rules for the admissibility of expert evidence.

Belton v. Fibreboard Corp., 724 F.2d 500, 504-505 (5th Cir. 1984) (holding, in plaintiff injured parties' strict liability action against defendant asbestos manufacturer, that evidence of settlement by fifteen co-defendants....Although settlement negotiations and offers are inadmissible (i) to show the validity or invalidity of a claim when validity is in dispute, (ii) to show the amount of damages when the amount is in dispute, or (iii) to impeach by showing a prior inconsistent statement or specific contradiction, evidence about settlements and settlement offers and negotiations in civil actions is admissible for a wide variety of purposes; such settlement evidence is admissible whenever it is not offered on a disputed question of the validity of a claim or its amount or to impeach a witness with a prior inconsistent statement or by specific contradiction.

United States v. Lelra Plaza, 188 F. Supp. 2d 549, 572-573 (E.D. Pa. 2002) (in an earlier order and opinion in this case Judge Pollak had limited expert opinion based on latent fingerprints; Judge Pollak's ruling occasioned much comment and controversy; in this opinion Judge Pollak explains why he...A history of judicial acceptance of an expert or scientific discipline or method is a factor that a trial judge or court can consider in weighing whether the discipline or method is sufficiently reliable to be admissible under Federal Rule of Evidence 702 or a comparable State rule.

Makuc v. American Honda Motor Co., 835 F.2d 389, 391-392 (1st Cir. 1987) (holding, in plaintiff injured motorbike rider's action against defendant manufacturer for product liability, that wtinesses' testimony [on what the mechanic....To qualify as a statement of present sense impression for purposes of the hearsay exception by that name, the statement made by the declarant (the maker of the statement) must describe or explain an event or condition.