Services, L.P., LaSalle Pipeline, LP, and the Texas Pipeline Association submitted briefs as amici curiae in support of the petition for review. 4 . See also City of San Antonio v. Pollock, 284 S.W.3d 809, 816 (Tex.2009) ("Bare, baseless opinions will not support a judgment even if there is no objection to their admission in evidence/'). 5 . See, e.g., Black’s Law Dictionary 1529 (9th ed.2009) (defining "speculation” as "[t]he act or practice of theorizing about matters over which there is no certain knowledge”); Marathon Corp. v. Pitzner, 106 S.W.3d 724, 727 (Tex.2003) (per curiam) (noting that causation finding cannot be supported by "mere conjecture, guess, or speculation”). 6 . See Reid Rd. Mun. Util. Dist. No. 2 v. Speedy Stop Food Stores, Ltd., 337 S.W.3d 846, 851-52 (Tex.2011) (<HOLDING>); see generally Julius L. Sackman et al„ 5
holding that a witness who will be giving opinion evidence about a propertys fair market value must be disclosed and designated as an expert pursuant to discovery and other applicable rules holding rule applicable to witness holding that rules of evidence do not permit an expert to give opinion or state legal conclusions regarding a question of law holding that the presence in the courtroom of an expert witness who does not testify to the facts of the case but rather gives his opinion based upon the testimony of others hardly seems suspect and will in most cases be beneficial for he will be more likely to base his expert opinion on a more accurate understanding of the testimony as it evolves before the jury holding that where a treating doctor is called to give an expert opinion on the standard of care that doctor is properly labeled an expert witness and must be disclosed to the other party along with other experts