Paragon Engineering, Inc. v. Rhodes

The question before the Court on this appeal is whether the unchallenged testimony of several witnesses, who were not professional surveyors, was sufficient for the jury to conclude that defendant engineering and survey firm was negligent in staking a survey site. Even though the law ordinarily requires expert testimony to establish the standard of care a professional person should use, we conclude that the testimony was sufficient under the facts of this case, and we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

Defendant Paragon Engineering, Inc. (Paragon), a civil engineering and survey firm,…