California Court Says $5M Asbestos Verdict Built On Inadmissible Testimony

Mealey's (October 29, 2018, 11:57 AM EDT) -- OAKLAND, Calif. — No hearsay exception exists for a man’s testimony identifying a supplier’s logo on invoices he claims he signed at a jobsite, the majority of a California appeals court held Oct. 26 in reversing a more than $5 million asbestos verdict (Frank Hart, et al. v. Keenan Properties Inc., No. A152692, Calif. App., 1st Dist., 2018 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 7314)....