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Multistate Bar Examination Practice Question

During a medical malpractice trial, the plaintiff's expert witness testifies about the defendant doctor's deviation from the standard of care. On direct examination, the plaintiff's attorney asks the expert if her opinion is supported by a specific passage in a leading medical textbook on cardiology. The defense objects. Under the Federal Rules of Evidence, how should the court rule on the admissibility of the textbook passage?

  • Exclude the statement, because a learned treatise can only be used to impeach an expert on cross-examination.

  • Admit the statement, provided the expert establishes the textbook is a reliable authority.

  • Admit the statement, but only if the textbook is offered into evidence as an exhibit for the jury to review.

  • Exclude the statement, because the textbook is inadmissible hearsay.

Multistate Bar Examination
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