Section 19-15-5.2 - (Rule 705(b)) Report of impartial expert admissible though based on informationfurnished by others. - South Dakota Statutes

19-15-5.2. (Rule 705(b)) Report of impartial expert admissible though based on information furnished by others. A written report or finding of facts prepared by an expert not being a party to the cause, nor an employee of a party, except for the purpose of making such report or finding, nor financially interested in the result of the controversy, and containing the conclusions resulting wholly or partly from written information furnished by the cooperation of several persons acting for a common purpose, shall, in so far as the same may be relevant, be admissible when testified to by the person, or one of the persons, making such report or finding without calling as witnesses the persons furnishing the information, and without producing the books or other writings on which the report or finding is based, if in the opinion of the court, no substantial injustice will be done the opposite party.

Source: Supreme Court Rule 552, 1939; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 36.1002; SDCL, § 19-6-14; Supreme Court Rule 78-2, Rule 705 (a); SL 1993, ch 402 (Supreme Court Rule 93-19).