D.C. Appeals Court: Expert Testimony Was Not Needed For Slip-And-Fall Case

( July 18, 2025, 10:26 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A District of Columbia appeals court on July 17 held that “a lay juror could determine, from their common knowledge and everyday experience, whether” a janitorial company “exercised reasonable care in warning passersby of the hazard caused by the wet floor,” reversing a decision by a lower court that failure to present expert testimony was fatal to a woman’s case....

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