Opinion ID: 482846
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Text: 25 Ricciardi's medical malpractice claim was based on a single bit of hearsay evidence: a handwritten comment from an unknown source buried in a three-page consultation report made two days after the operation. The note did not have the circumstantial guarantees of trustworthiness to justify an exception to the general rule of excluding hearsay; there was an insufficient basis to conclude that defendant Dr. Norwood manifested an adoption or belief that it was true to qualify it as an adoptive admission; and it was not established that it was the kind of information upon which an expert would reasonably rely in forming an opinion. Therefore, the note was not admissible evidence and not properly the basis for an expert opinion. We affirm the district court's evidentiary rulings and the directed verdict for defendant. 26 Affirmed.