# Sponaugle v. Pre-Term, Inc.

> District of Columbia Court of Appeals · February 13, 1980 · 411 A.2d 366

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9719599

## Case

- **Full name:** Judith A. SPONAUGLE Et Al., Appellants, v. PRE-TERM, INC., Et Al., Appellees
- **Court:** District of Columbia Court of Appeals
- **Decided:** February 13, 1980
- **Citations:** 411 A.2d 366; 1980 D.C. App. LEXIS 235
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Nebeker
- **Judges:** Gallagher, Nebeker, Mack
- **Cited by:** 41 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9719599

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- observing that an expert witness who opined as to proximate cause “did not understand the legal meaning of the term. His opinions would have been more useful to the jury had they been confined to the issue of causation-in-fact.”
- stating that expert opinion “is properly received so long as it is not a mere guess or conjecture”
- stating that absolute certainty is not required in expert testimony

## Opinion text

NEBEKER, Associate Judge:
I concur in the judgment of the court only.

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