Can expert testimony be used to assist the jury in determining whether a statement or series of statements implied defamatory facts?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Weller v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., 232 Cal.App.3d 991, 283 Cal.Rptr. 644 (Cal. App. 1991):
14 Although we have found no California cases directly addressing the admissibility of expert testimony for the purpose of aiding the jury in determining whether a statement or series of statements implied any defamatory facts, the practice is not unprecedented. (See Montandon v. Triangle Publications, Inc. (1975) 45 Cal.App.3d 938, 120 Cal.Rptr. 186.)
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