Almeciga v. Center for Investigative Reporting, Inc.

Almeciga (plaintiff) claimed her signature on a release given to CIR (defendant) was forged, and her handwriting expert Carlson compared the release signature first to unverified samples and then to signatures Almeciga wrote slowly in open court, opining forgery based on subjective comparison of letter shapes, slants, strokes, and angles using the "ACE-V" method; CIR moved to exclude Carlson's testimony as failing to meet the standards for admissible scientific evidence.