Moore v. Grantham

GREENHILL, Chief Justice.

This case involves the question whether an expert in vocational rehabilitation can give his opinion concerning a person’s future earning capacity, when his opinion is based solely on hearsay information not otherwise introduced into evidence at trial.

The trial court was of the view that our decision in Slaughter v. Abilene State School, 561 S.W.2d 789 (Tex.1977), permitted the introduction of such expert testimony. The trial court, therefore, allowed the witness to state his opinion to the jury. The court of civil appeals affirmed. That court interpreted Slaughter as…