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BARREL OF FUN, INC. v. STATE FARM FIRE & CAS. CO.

No. 83-3525 Summary Calendar.

739 F.2d 1028 (1984)

BARREL OF FUN, INC. d/b/a The Music Factory, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STATE FARM FIRE & CASUALTY COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 24, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George J. Ledet, Jr., Cut Off, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Buckley & Ward, E. Ross Buckley, Robert F. Spangenberg, IV, Metairie, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before TATE, GARWOOD, and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

This case presents the question of whether expert testimony based solely on the results of a psychological stress evaluation (PSE) is admissible evidence. Because we conclude that no relevant distinction can be drawn between such testimony and expert testimony based on polygraph evidence — long held inadmissible by this Court — we hold that PSE evidence is likewise inadmissible.

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