Bloomgren v. Fire Insurance Exchange

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• finding statements in a firefighter’s report stating the “ignition factor” was “electrical” and the equipment involved in ignition was “fixed wiring” amounted to an opinion as to the cause of the fire
• finding a firefighter’s report containing opinion is “not admissible as an exception to the hearsay rule [under an equivalent to Rule 803(8), SCRE] because [the firefighter] was not a qualified expert who was capable of giving an opinion as to the origin of the fire”

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