Permits the admissibility of statements from learned treatises, periodicals, or pamphlets in court if an expert witness calls attention to them and.

This bill amends the civil practice law and rules to allow statements from learned treatises, periodicals, or pamphlets to be admissible in evidence if an expert witness calls attention to them during cross-examination or if they are relied upon by the expert during direct examination. The publication must be established as a reliable authority by the expert's admission or testimony, by another expert's testimony, or by judicial notice. If admitted, the statement may be read into evidence but cannot be received as an exhibit. The bill takes effect immediately upon enactment.

Permits the admissibility of statements from learned treatises, periodicals, or pamphlets in court if an expert witness calls attention to them and.

This bill amends the civil practice law and rules to allow statements from learned treatises, periodicals, or pamphlets to be admissible in evidence if an expert witness calls attention to them during cross-examination or if they are relied upon by the expert during direct examination. The publication must be established as a reliable authority by the expert's admission or testimony, by another expert's testimony, or by judicial notice. If admitted, the statement may be read into evidence but cannot be received as an exhibit. The bill takes effect immediately upon enactment.