H. E. Collins and Joetta Collins, Surviving Parents and Personal Representatives of Karen Collins, Deceased v. Wayne Corporation

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• holding that deposition testimony of an expert employed by a bus manufacturer to investigate an accident was an admission under 801(d)(2)
• holding that “a party whose motion in limine has been overruled must object when the error he sought to prevent” with the motion in limine is about to occur at trial in order to preserve the error for appellate review
• holding expert’s accident report was admissible under Federal Rule of Evidence 801(d)(2)(C) where it determined the expert to be an agent of the party
• finding no error in questioning an expert as to how much he earned from testifying during 1974, stating, “cross-examination of an expert about fees earned in prior cases is not improper”
• report of expert hired by defendant to investigate and analyze bus accident admissible under F.R.Ev. 801(d)(2)(C) because expert was a “speaking agent” of defendant
• after a motion in limine is overruled a party must object to preserve an error for appellate review

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