Even qualified experts can face admissibility challenges

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Abstract: Sometimes, even obviously qualified experts using reliable methods can find themselves the subject of challenges to the admissibility of their testimony. This article describes a Michigan case, B & L Development LLC v. City of Norton Shores, involving a property tax assessment. Ultimately, a court of appeals dismissed the city’s overarching contention that a trial court is required to conduct a “searching inquiry” into an expert’s underlying data before admitting the expert’s testimony.