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Re:California jury says Bayer must pay $2B to couple in Roun... by will_brown on Monday May 13, 2019 @06:45PM (#19904784)
Actually that is the exact position the jury is in, and they do it everyday.

Do you have any evidence or studies to suggest juries can’t determine credibility of expert testimony?

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Re:California jury says Bayer must pay $2B to couple in Roun... by buzzdenver on Monday May 13, 2019 @07:36PM (#19905179)
It's almost impossible to determine credibility in a field that you know nothing about. Any sufficiently complicated question can be argued using facts on both sides, and a non-expert will have no idea how much weight each fact should have. For example anyone in software could argue why using the cloud for anything is a horrible idea. And remember that jurors are not allowed to do research at home, and expert witnesses cannot directly debate the topics.
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Re:California jury says Bayer must pay $2B to couple in Roun... by checkyoursudo on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @12:32AM (#19906800)
> a non-expert will have no idea how much weight each fact should have

In theory, that is the purpose of the lawyer(s) -- to try to ground the technical expertise in a way that the jury (and often the judge!) can understand and assign value/import/trustworthiness/credibility to the testimony and exhibits they are given.

in theory.

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