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An expert witness is offered to give an opinion on the cause of a structural failure. The opposing party objects that the methodology is unreliable. Under the Federal Rules of Evidence framework, what gatekeeping standard governs admissibility of the expert's testimony?

The opinion is admissible only if the expert is a licensed attorney Expert testimony is never admissible on causation The court acts as a gatekeeper, admitting the testimony if it is based on sufficient facts, reliable principles and methods reliably applied, under FRE 702 and Daubert The jury alone decides admissibility without judicial screening

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The court acts as a gatekeeper, admitting the testimony if it is based on sufficient facts, reliable principles and methods reliably applied, under FRE 702 and Daubert

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