K and Stuff Testimony Flummoxes Hearsay Ruling

Hart v. Keenan Props., Inc., No. A152692 (D1d5 Nov. 19, 2018)

The trial in this asbestos case presented a classic product ID question: Was the Defendant the distributor of asbestos-containing pipe product that Plaintiff used on jobs where he worked as a pipe layer? The evidence was thin. Plaintiff knew the pipes were asbestos cement pipes made by a particular manufacturer. But he didn’t know the distributor. And there were no records from the time to show that Defendant was, in fact, the distributor.