A trial judge's adoption of expert opinion involves appellable error where the expert's factual assumptions are inconsistent with other findings of fact made by the trial judge or with evidence the trial judge accepted. In crop insurance claims, the condition of the crop immediately before and after the insured event, as established by lay witnesses, may be determinative of the percentage yield loss attributable to that event.
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