Turbyfill v. International Harvester Co.
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
486 F.Supp. 232 (E.D. Mich. 1980)
Relevant factsFree
Anderson, an employee who helped the plaintiff try to start a truck that later backfired and burned the plaintiff, wrote a handwritten account of the accident alone shortly afterward but died before trial; the defendant sought to introduce that account over the plaintiff's hearsay objection, and the trial court admitted it.
IssueFree
Whether a handwritten account of an accident prepared by an eyewitness right after the accident is admissible.