Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Amit Agarwal, Solicitor General, Edward M. Wenger, Chief Deputy Solicitor General, and Jordan E. Pratt, Deputy Solicitor General, Tallahassee, Florida, for Amicus Curiae State of Florida QUINCE, J.Richard DeLisle seeks review of the decision of the Fourth District Court of Appeal in Crane Co. v. DeLisle , 206 So.3d 94 (Fla. 4th DCA 2016), on the ground that it expressly and directly conflicts with a decision of this Court on a question of law. We have jurisdiction.
Under section 90.791 and Daubert , the trial courts must "act as gatekeepers, excluding evidence unless it is reliable and relevant." Crane Co. v. DeLisle , 206 So.3d 94, 101 (Fla. 4th DCA 2016). "The court's gatekeeping function requires more than simply ‘taking the expert's word for it.
In Florida, since 2013, we have applied the standards for expert testimony in our courts as provided in Daubert. See Crane Co. v. DeLisle, 206 So. 3d 94, 101 (Fla. 4th DCA 2016), rev. granted, No. SC16-2182 (Fla. July 11, 2017). Section 90.702 codifies the standard as follows:
The amici, however, betray a higher level of friendship to the insurers behind the "Coalition for Litigation Justice" than to the Court or the authoritative medical literature regarding human exposure to asbestos fibers and mesothelioma. Dr. Finkelstein's expertise, his application of reliable methodology and peer-reviewed, published studies, and the general acceptance by the scientific community of the relationship between the inhalation of asbestos fibers and mesothelioma, distinguish the present case from the rejection, based on Daubert, of proffered "every exposure" testimony by a medical toxicologist in Crane Co. v. DeLisle, 206 So.3d 94, 103–106 (Fla. 4th DCA 2016), review granted, Case No. SC16–2182, 2017 WL 3484484 (Fla. July 11, 2017). The trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting Dr. Finkelstein's testimony and opinions.
--------Finally, this claim was recently considered—and rejected as meritless—by our sister court in Crane Co. v. DeLisle , 206 So.3d 94 (Fla. 4th DCA 2016) :[The plaintiff] also argues that this court lacks the authority to apply Daubert , as incorporated through section 90.702, Florida Statutes... because it is a legislative change to the evidence code that has not yet been approved by the Florida Supreme Court.