Bill Text: NY A09009 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Amends the rules of evidence to permit the admission of an opposing party's statement if made by an agent or employee made within the scope of that relationship.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-29 - amended on third reading 9009a [A09009 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A09009-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9009--A Cal. No. 622 IN ASSEMBLY January 12, 2018 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ, WEPRIN -- (at request of the Office of Court Administration) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary -- advanced to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to admis- sibility of an opposing party's statement The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The civil practice law and rules is amended by adding a new 2 section 4551 to read as follows: 3 § 4551. Admissibility of an opposing party's statement. A statement 4 offered against an opposing party shall not be excluded from evidence as 5 hearsay if made by a person whom the opposing party authorized to make a 6 statement on the subject or by the opposing party's agent or employee on 7 a matter within the scope of that relationship and made during the 8 existence of that relationship. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all 10 actions pending on or after its effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14169-03-8
