· 1/10/1989
Betty Ann Marsee, as Administratrix of the Estate of Marvin Sean Marsee, Deceased v. United States Tobacco Company, a New Jersey Corporation
Citations
- 866 F.2d 319
- 27 Fed. R. Serv. 694
- 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 115
- 1989 WL 557
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- concluding that reports were not admissible, because much of their contents were already admitted through expert testimony
- concluding that reports were not admissible because much of their contents were already admitted through expert testimony
- affirming exclusion of rebuttal testimony that would have been repetitive of issues raised during plaintiffs case-in-chief
- articles regarding health problems were not hearsay because they were offered to prove “whether the defendant had notice of the potential dangers its product posed to consumers” as opposed to “the truth of the matter asserted”
- interests of justice did not require admission of reports at issue
- not error to exclude hearsay as basis for opinion
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Judges: Seymour, Seth, Anderson
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