Expert testimony like Smith's on hedonic damages should also be subject to exclusion under People v. Kelly, 17 Cal.3d 24 (1976), and People v. Leahy, 8 Cal. 4th 587 (1994). First, as the Mercado court noted, there are no techniques "generally accepted" by forensic economists to calculate hedonic damages.
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Section III addresses non-economic damages, including the admissibility of hedonic damages testimony in Ohio, as well as the court’s view of economic testimony regarding punitive damages. Section IV describes the usual issues that arise in estimating economic damages in personal injury and wrongful death cases.
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Feb. 7, 2005) (Kleinfeld, Callahan, & Bertelsman, JJ.). The district court in Dorn had overruled a Daubert challenge to the plaintiff's expert on hedonic damages.
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Westcott v. Crinklaw 133 F.3d 658 (1998): Hedonic damages are a part of pain and suffering and do not get a separate jury instruction. ... Hudson, 328 N.W.2d at 155. Therefore, the trial court's exclusion of Smith's testimony was proper.
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