Koehler v. Farmers Alliance Mutual Insurance

Although I concur with the result in this case, my disagreement with the majority’s inference that the trial court erred in initially admitting exhibit 4 necessitates that I write separately.

Neb. Rev. Stat. § 27-703 (Reissue 1995) (Rule 703) states:

The facts or data in the particular case upon which an expert bases an opinion or inference may be those perceived by or made known to him at or before the hearing. If of a type reasonably relied upon by experts in the particular field in forming opinions or inferences upon the subject, the facts or data need not be admissible in evidence.

Rule 703…