the eleventh circuit reversed the district court's ruling in favor of kumho tire. it reasoned that daubert was expressly limited only to scientific expert testimony and did not apply to "skill- or experience-based observation." the tire expert's testimony rested on observation and experience, and so the eleventh circuit reasoned the district court should have made a different ruling based on rule 702 without the daubert gloss. kumho tire asked the supreme court to review whether daubert applied solely to scientific evidence.