Legal Opinion
Walters v. State
New York Court of Claims
Decided September 13, 1984No. Claim No. 66775PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Gerard M. Weisberg, J.
Is an opinion contained in an autopsy report admissible when that document is otherwise unobjectionable?
In this action for wrongful death, claimant has offered the autopsy report concerning the death of his decedent. The defendant has objected to the following excerpt:
“Final Diagnosis: Undetermined natural cause,
2-24-82 probable cardiac arrhythmia.
Assoc. Cond:
Phenothiazine therapy.”
Generally, an opinion expressed in a record that is otherwise admissible under an exception to the hearsay rule may be entered into evidence if it was rendered by a person…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Murray v. DonlanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980
- Toll v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1969
- Schelberger v. Eastern Savings BankNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- Schelberger v. Eastern Savings BankAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
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