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Alaska Civil Pattern Jury Instruction 1.08
Credibility of Expert Witnesses
Expert witnesses will testify in this case. Experts have special training, education, skills or knowledge that may be helpful to you. In deciding whether to believe an expert and how much weight to give expert testimony, you should consider the same things that you would when any other witness testifies. In addition, you should consider the following things:
(1) the special qualifications of the expert;
(2) the expert's knowledge of the subject matter involved in the case;
(3) the source of the information considered by the expert; and
(4) the reasons given for the expert's opinion.
As with other witnesses, you must decide whether or not to believe an expert and how much weight to give to expert testimony. You may believe all, part, or none of the testimony of an expert witness. You need not believe an expert even if the testimony is uncontradicted. However, you should act reasonably in deciding whether you believe an expert witness and how much weight to give expert testimony.
History
Alaska Civil Pattern Jury Instructions 1.08, dated (1999). Prepared by the Alaska Civil Pattern Jury Instructions Committee; published by the Alaska Court System. The Alaska Court System states that these instructions "have not been approved or promulgated by any court or the Alaska Bar Association."
Provenance
- Source
- courts.alaska.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
- Content hash
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