Opinion ID: 1137798
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Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Admission of Expert Witnesses' Opinions as to Ultimate Issue

Text: Defendant's third assignment of error is that the trial judge allowed Plaintiff's expert witnesses to testify as to the ultimate issue of the case: whether Plaintiff's automobile accident caused his arthritic pain and disability. In Byars v. Mixon, 292 Ala. 661, 668, 299 So.2d 262, 268 (1974), we held that [t]he fact that a question propounded to an expert witness will elicit an opinion from him in practical affirmation or disaffirmation of a material issue in a case will not suffice to render the question improper. See, also, Crawford Coal Co. v. Stephens, 382 So.2d 536 (Ala. 1980) (engineer-geologist's opinion that improper blasting techniques caused house damage); see, generally, McElroy's, supra, at § 127.01(5) (stating that the modern trend is in the direction of permitting experts to give their opinions upon ultimate issues whose final determination rests with the jury). Therefore, we find no reversible error in the testimony of these experts that Plaintiff's automobile accident caused his pain and suffering. We have carefully reviewed the other evidentiary issues presented and find they are without merit. AFFIRMED. TORBERT, C.J., and MADDOX, SHORES and BEATTY, JJ., concur.