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Civil Litigation

Jun. 11, 2020

The hearsay rule and a re-introduction to Evidence I

A recent ruling provides an introductory law school review of what is hearsay and what is not.

Michael D. Marcus

Mediator
ADR Services, Inc.

Judge Marcus (Ret.) has a well-deserved reputation throughout California as a skilled, personable and forceful mediator and a fair and impartial arbitrator, having been honored by the Daily Journal as a "Top Neutral" for six years and as a "Southern California Super Lawyer" for 2008-2020. He has mediated over 3,000 matters and arbitrated more than 100 cases.

Hart v. Keenan Properties, Inc., 2020 DJDAR 4754 (Cal., May 21, 2020), provides an introductory law school review of what is hearsay and what is not. The California Supreme Court's additional analysis of authentication fundamentals is a further benefit of the discussion of two important rules of evidence.

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