· 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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