“[C]onclusory opinions, which require blind acceptance of the expert's ipse dixit, are never helpful.” Huang v. Marklyn Grp. Inc., No. 11-cv-01765-REB-BNB, 2014 WL 3559367, at *5 (D. Colo. July 18, 2014). With these principles in mind, the Court turns to the challenged opinions.
Werth v. Makita Elec. Works, Ltd., 950 F.2d 643, 648 (10th Cir. 1991). “[C]onclusory opinions, which require blind acceptance of the expert's ipse dixit, are never helpful.” Huang v. Marklyn Grp. Inc., No. 11-cv-01765-REB-BNB, 2014 WL 3559367, at *5 (D. Colo. July 18, 2014).
"[C]onclusory opinions, which require blind acceptance of the expert's ipse dixit, are never helpful." Huang v. Marklyn Grp. Inc., No. 11-cv-01765-REB-BNB, 2014 WL 3559367, at *5 (D. Colo. July 18, 2014). Instead, expert testimony must be "based on sufficient facts or data" and be "the product of reliable principles and methods," and that the expert "reliably appl[y] the principles and methods to the facts of the case."
"[C]onclusory opinions, which require blind acceptance of the expert's ipse dixit, are never helpful." Huang v. Marklyn Grp. Inc., No. 11-cv-01765-REB-BNB, 2014 WL 3559367, at *5 (D. Colo. July 18, 2014). Instead, expert testimony must be "based on sufficient facts or data" and be "the product of reliable principles and methods," and the expert must "reliably appl[y] the principles and methods to the facts of the case."
"[C]onclusory opinions, which require blind acceptance of the expert's ipse dixit, are never helpful." Huang v. Marklyn Grp. Inc., No. 11-cv-01765-REB-BNB, 2014 WL 3559367, at *5 (D. Colo. July 18, 2014). Instead, expert testimony must be "based on sufficient facts or data" and be "the product of reliable principles and methods," and that the expert "reliably appl[y] the principles and methods to the facts of the case."