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. Defendant is charged with burglary. The defendant claims that late the previous night, while he was drunk, he fell off the roof of the hotel next door onto the store roof, and while attempting to get down got stuck in the shaft.