Legal Opinion
Trach v. Fellin
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided February 11, 2003PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
FORD ELLIOTT, J.
¶ 1 We granted en banc review in this case in order to reevaluate the circumstances under which a party seeking to exclude expert scientific evidence may test the admissibility of that evidence pursuant to Frye v. United States, 293 F. 1013 (D.C.Cir.1923). In the process, we are required to revisit several recent panel decisions of this court to determine whether we have extended Frye beyond the parameters our supreme court has established, keeping in mind that Frye is an exclusionary rule of evidence. As such, it must be construed narrowly so as not to impede…
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- Richard Leander Ferebee, Jr. v. Chevron Chemical CompanyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
- Coker v. SM Flickinger Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
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