DAVIS

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By (17 total)

• Archibald Lyles v. United States, 254 F.2d 725 (D.C. Cir. 1957)
  …eme Court a construction of the Federal Business Records Act which restricts rather than expands the area of admissibility of records, has misread the Palmer case. See Medina v. Erickson, 9 Cir., 1955, 226 F. 2d 475, 482-483, certiorari denied 1956, 351 U.S. 912, 76 S.Ct. 702, 100 L.Ed. 1446; Buckminster’s Estate v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 2 Cir., 1944, 147 F. 2d 331. Palmer v. Hoffman decided that a railroad employee’s report of an accident was to be excluded because such reports “are not for th…
• Standard OIL Co. OF Cal. v. Moore, 251 F.2d 188 (9th Cir. 1957)
  …stances shall not affect its admissibility. “The term ‘business,’ as used in this section, includes business, profession, occupation, and calling of every kind.” . See, for example, Medina v. Erickson, 9 Cir., 226 F. 2d 475, 482, certiorari denied 351 U.S. 912, 76 S.Ct. 702, 100 L.Ed. 1446 (doctors’ eonsulation reports, made in accordance with hospital regulations); Moran v. Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Co., 3 Cir., 183 F. 2d 467, 473 (report of U. S. Bureau of Mines concerning explosion); Pekelis v. Trans…
• Skogen v. The DOW Chem. Co., 375 F.2d 692 (8th Cir. 1967)
  …y admissible as business records to show the ease history and the injuries suffered, even though the information is technically hearsay. See, 28 U.S.C. § 1732 (Federal shop book statute); Medina v. Erickson, 226 F. 2d 475 (9 Cir. 1955), cert. denied 351 U.S. 912, 76 S.Ct. 702, 100 L.Ed. 1446; Tucker v. Leow’s Theatre & Realty Corporation, 149 F. 2d 677 (2 Cir. 1945). Though such records may of necessity contain some basic conclusions, there is a point at which opinion evidence and expert opinions as to how…