California Courts of Appeal,
Appellate Practice
Jun. 22, 2020
The $1.6 million question:When is an out-of-court statement not hearsay?
One of the most difficult areas of law to learn and apply is the hearsay rule. Appellate lawyers, and even learned appellate justices, sometimes get it wrong. Recently, the California Supreme Court's correction of just such an error revived a $1.6 million judgment for the plaintiff in an asbestos case.
Sarah Hofstadter
Of Counsel
California Appellate Law Group LLP
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Stanford Univ Law School
Sarah Hofstadter is of counsel with the California Appellate Law Group LLP, an appellate boutique based in San Francisco. She spent more than a dozen years as a research and staff attorney for jurists on the California Courts of Appeal and the 9th Circuit. Find out more about Sarah and the California Appellate Law Group LLP at www.calapplaw.com
One of the most difficult areas of law to learn and apply is the hearsay rule. Appellate lawyers, and even learned appellate justices, sometimes get it wrong. Recently, the California Supreme Court's correction of just such an error revived a $1.6 million judgment for the plaintiff in an asbestos case. Hart v. Keenan Properties, Inc., ...
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