Judge:  Interview With Now-Deceased Truck Driver, Summaries Are Admissible

Mealey's (February 11, 2020, 2:15 PM EST) -- DAYTON, Ohio — A federal judge in Ohio on Feb. 10 ruled that the transcript and three summaries of a 2005 interview between a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency investigator and a now-deceased truck driver who said he regularly delivered drums of plating waste generated by a plaintiff company in a Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act suit to a landfill are admissible under the hearsay exception because they have probative value that is unavailable from other sources and because the information is trustworthy (Hobart Corporation, et al. v. The Dayton Power & Light Co., et al., No. 13-cv-115, S.D. Ohio, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 22819)....