Keller v. MacCubbin
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Delaware Superior Court excluded expert testimony pinpointing when the plaintiff’s alleged repressed memory began, finding insufficient reliable scientific support for determining the timing of memory repression.

2013 | State Juristiction

Keller v. MacCubbin

Keywords Delaware Superior Court; expert testimony; repressed memory; memory repression; scientific support; timing of memory repression; memory; plaintiff; court; testimony
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The Delaware Superior Court recently made a decision regarding expert testimony. The court decided not to allow an expert to testify about the exact time a plaintiff's alleged repressed memory started. The court's reasoning was that there was not enough reliable scientific evidence to accurately determine when memory repression begins.

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The Delaware Superior Court recently decided to exclude specific expert testimony. This testimony aimed to identify the exact time a plaintiff's alleged repressed memory first appeared. The court determined there was not enough reliable scientific evidence to pinpoint the beginning of memory repression with accuracy.

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The Delaware Superior Court did not allow an expert to testify about when a plaintiff's repressed memory might have started. The court found there was not enough reliable scientific evidence to pinpoint the exact time when a memory becomes repressed.

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A court in Delaware did not allow a special helper to talk about when someone's forgotten memory might have started. The court decided there was not enough good science to know exactly when a memory is pushed out of the mind.

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Keller v. MacCubbin, 60 A.3d 427 (Del. Super. Ct. 2013)

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