Litigation
Cal. Litig. 2018, Volume 31, Number 1
Content
- A Week in Legal London: One Lawyer's Love Affair
- America's Opioid Epidemic: Emerging Issues of Insurance Coverage
- Editor's Foreword: Spring into Summer
- From the Section Chair
- Louis D. Brandeis: American Prophet by Jeffrey Rosen
- Masthead
- Past Chairs of the Litigation Section
- Past Editors-in-Chief
- Police Officers On Trial: "Protect and Serve" or "Protect and Survive"
- Table of Contents
- The Value of Pre-Litigation Mediation: What Every California Lawer Should Know
- Where External Reality Collides with Trial: Judicial Disqualification Lessons from the Harry Bridges Cold War Trials
- Yick Who? the Great American Hero
- People v. Sanchez, Hearsay, and Expert Testimony
People v. Sanchez, Hearsay, and Expert Testimony
By Don Willenburg, Gary A. Watt, and John A. Taylor, Jr.
Arecent California Supreme Court decision in a criminal case "clarified" the rules regarding hearsay and expert witness testimony, and is making waves in civil practice. People v. Sanchez (2016) 63 Cal.4th 665 involved a gang expert, but its holding and rationale apply across the board to expert testimony generally. What counsel does not know about Sanchez could gut the testimony of an expert witness—and lose a case.
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