Expert testimony was not needed to determine the value of the few proper services Mr. Posey performed. All the facts were before the jury, and it generously allowed him to keep over $ 1,000. (See fn. 4, ante.) "The correct rule on the necessity of expert testimony has been summarized by Bob Dylan: 'You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.' n6 The California courts, although in harmony, express the rule somewhat less colorfully and hold expert testimony is not required where a question is 'resolvable by common knowledge'. [Citations omitted.]" (Jorgensen v. Beach ' N' Bay Realty, Inc. (1981) 125 Cal.App.3d 155, 163 [177 Cal.Rptr. 882].)
FOOTNOTES
n6 In a footnote at this point, the court cites: "Bob Dylan, 'Subterranean Homesick Blues' from Bringing it All Back Home."
Ball v. Posey, 176 Cal. App. 3d 1209, 1215 (Cal. App. 1st Dist. 1986)
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