Practice point: The Frye rule is that expert testimony based on a scientific principle or procedure is admissible if the principle or procedure has gained general acceptance in its specific field.
Practitioners should note Frye is not concerned with the reliability of an expert's conclusions, but only with whether the expert's deductions are based on principles or procedures that are sufficiently established to have gained general acceptance as reliable.
Case: Lipschitz v. Stein, NY Slip Op 06167 (2d Dept. 2009)
The opinion is here.
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