John M Kalas
June 13, 2024 | Daily Business Review
Federal Rule of Evidence 806—A Useful Tool to Demonstrate Bias in Serial Tort LitigationPractitioners should keep Rule 806 in mind when engaged in serial litigation. Though the case law in civil matters is scarce, the plain language of the rule and its application and purpose should provide avenues for its use when faced with slanted learned treatises offered into evidence from unavailable witnesses.
By John M. Kalas and Michael Moran
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