Can an expert witness with general qualifications in the insurance field testify specifically about bad faith claims?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Romero v. S. Schwab Co., Case No. 15-CV-815-GPC-MDD (S.D. Cal. 2017):
Hangarter, 373 F.3d at 1015-16 (finding the district court did not abuse its discretion in permitting expert witness with general qualifications in insurance field to testify specifically about bad faith claims); United States v. Garcia 7 F.3d 885, 889 (9th Cir. 1993) ("lack of particularized expertise goes to the weight accorded her testimony, not to the admissibility of her opinion as an expert.").
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