WARD v. SHONEY'S, INC.

C.A. No. 98C-09-032-JRS.

847 A.2d 367 (2002)

Marian WARD, Plaintiff, v. SHONEY'S, INC., Defendant.

Superior Court of Delaware, New Castle County.

Decided: June 24, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew G. Ahern, III, Esquire, Joseph W. Benson, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware. Attorney for Plaintiff.

Colin M. Shalk, Esquire, Casarino, Christman & Shalk, Wilmington, Delaware. Attorney for Defendant.


SLIGHTS, J.

I. INTRODUCTION

In this case, the Court is called upon again to fulfill its responsibility as "gatekeeper" to ensure that expert testimony proffered for presentation at trial is relevant and reliable. The expert testimony in question here principally involves so-called "human factors" engineering, loosely defined as "the study of how humans act and react in certain situations."

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