Imagine the following scenario: Plaintiff John Smith sues defendant Product Company in a product liability and toxic-tort action in which the alleged exposure took place 40 years ago. During discovery ...

Butler County prosecutors want to introduce hearsay statements in the case against a Hamilton man charged with rape involving a child. Common Pleas Court Judge Jennifer McElfresh granted a motion in ...

In his Evidence column, Michael J. Hutter discusses two issues arising under New York law governing impeachment: the ban on the use of extrinsic evidence that contradicts the witness's testimony on a ...

Drew Peterson's late wife Kathleen Savio could be allowed to testify from the grave in his coming murder trial after all. An Illinois Appellate Court reversed a lower court's 2011 decision to limit ...

BLOOMINGTON — The jury considering murder charges against Kirk Zimmerman will hear only some of the more than 40 witness statements obtained by authorities during their investigation into the November ...

An examination of issues related to the admissibility of evidence obtained in a foreign country for use at trial in the US, including admission through hearsay exceptions, document authentication, and ...

PHOENIX — A Maricopa County prosecutor says Lori Vallow Daybell’s request for a new trial should be denied because “there was no juror misconduct, no prosecutorial misconduct, no improper exclusion of ...