Civil Litigation,
California Courts of Appeal
Aug. 23, 2021
Ruling clarifies precedent on expert reliance on hearsay
What exactly can an expert rely on for his or her opinion to be admissible? This debate has been raging since the California Supreme Court issued its opinion in People v. Sanchez in 2016.
Timothy D. Reuben
Reuben MediationTim Reuben spent more than 40 years handling complex legal disputes in California's state and federal courts. As the founder and managing partner of Reuben Raucher & Blum in Los Angeles, he has worked on a wide range of matters through jury and bench trials, arbitration, mediation, judicial reference, and settlement conferences across multiple areas of civil law, including commercial, real estate, construction, employment, intellectual property, insurance, professional liability, and unfair competition.
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What exactly can an expert rely on for his or her opinion to be admissible? This debate has been raging since the California Supreme Court issued its opinion in People v. Sanchez, 63 Cal. 4th 655 (2016), where the court held that case-specific hearsay statements cannot be relied on by an expert "unless they are independently proven by competent evidence or are covered by...
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