In a suit for damages for assault and battery arising out of a fight between plaintiff and defendant at work, the defendant calls a witness whose testimony is that about a month prior to the incident in the case at trial, the plaintiff had gotten mad at the witness and loudly cursed him in a crowded restaurant. In a personal injury case against a bus company, the plaintiff's theory was that the bus had defective brakes. Before the trial, plaintiff's attorney hired a mechanical engineer to investigate the bus and be an expert witness. At the trial, the defense objects to the engineer's expert testimony on the ground that the witness did not personally inspect the bus. Plaintiff, who was fired from his job as an insurance agent sues the company on a theory of wrongful determination.
Defendant objects to the testimony.
In a contract dispute between a professional football team and a star player, the defendant team calls X as a witness. X testifies favorably to defendant's position. In a case charging defendant with arson in, allegedly, setting fire to a house for the purpose of collecting insurance, the prosecution produced evidence that defendant had purchased lighter fluid a few days before the fire, that he had financial difficulties, and that he had a friend help him move some furniture out of the house the weekend before the fire. The defense in the case was that the fire was accidental and of electrical origin. The prosecution offered evidence that one month prior to the house fire, defendant's automobile was destroyed in a fire and defendant had collected insurance.