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SHILLING v. MOBILE ANALYTICAL SERVICES, INC.

No. 91-2245.

65 Ohio St.3d 252 (1992)

SHILLING ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. MOBILE ANALYTICAL SERVICES, INC., D.B.A. MASI ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORIES, APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 16, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grieser, Schafer, Blumenstiel & Slane Co., L.P.A., C. Richard Grieser and J.B. Blumenstiel, for appellants.

Bailey & Slavin, Richard W. Bailey and Richard C. Slavin, for appellee.

Clark, Perdue & Roberts Co., L.P.A., and Dale K. Perdue, urging reversal on behalf of amicus curiae Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers.

Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, William M. Todd and Randall W. Knutti, urging affirmance on behalf of amicus curiae Ohio State Medical Association.

HERBERT R. BROWN, J.

The issue presented is whether an expert witness who is not a physician, but a Ph.D. who specializes in neurotoxicology, is qualified to render an opinion that the ingestion of gasoline caused injury to the brain and nervous system. For the reasons that follow, we hold that such an expert can be so qualified.

Expert testimony is governed by Evid.R. 702: "If scientific, technical, or other specialized knowledge will assist the trier of...

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