Chesson v. Montgomery Mutual Insurance

When an expert opinion is offered to support the existence of new or novel scientific theory or methodology, “the basis of that opinion must be shown to be generally accepted as reliable within the expert’s particular scientific field.” Reed v. State, 283 Md. 374, 381, 391 A.2d 364, 368 (1978), citing Frye v. United States, 293 F. 1013, 1014 (1923). The conundrum presented in the instant Petition for Certiorari 1 involves the meaning of “general acceptance” in the context of what was offered as a “differential diagnosis”2 that *351exposure to mold in a water-damaged office building allegedly…