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An appellate court in Georgia has ruled that a trial court had not abused its discretion in finding that a witness could not offer expert opinion testimony on behalf of two insureds in their lawsuit against their insurer – but that the trial court had abused its discretion in finding that the witness could not offer his opinion as a lay witness.