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· 3/25/1981

American Universal Insurance Co. v. Joseph Falzone

Citations

  • 644 F.2d 65
  • 7 Fed. R. Serv. 1731
  • 1981 U.S. App. LEXIS 18875

How courts have described this case

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  • instructing the jury that expert report was being admitted only to show the basis of the expert’s opinion and not for the truth of the report
  • no error to permit expert to consider “contemporaneous and on-the-scene opinions of other investigators on his team . . . as to [their] portion of the investigation”
  • fire marshal’s opinion as to cause of fire based in part upon reports of other investigators; “reasonable for one . . . marshal to rely on the contemporaneous and on-the-scene opinions of other investigators”
  • basis testimony may not go to the truth of the matter asserted
  • physician's reliance on out-of- court statements, subject to cross-examination, suffices

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Judges: Coffin, Aldrich, Winter

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