Liability insurance

Grossman v. United States, 614 F.2d 295, 297 (1st Cir. 1980) (conviction for receiving stolen property; defendants argued that the catalog of the cigarette lighter manufacturers was inadmissible hearsay; conviction affirmed; held: "under Rule 803(17), Fed.R.Evid., the trial judge could properly have...There is a hearsay exception for market quotations, directories, or similar published compilations that are generally used and relied upon either by the public or by members of particular occupations.

United States v. Lechoco, 542 F.2d 84, 86-88 (D.C. Cir. 1976) (conviction for kidnapping after accused held the Philippine Ambassador to the United States as a hostage; accused alleged that the trial court erred in excluding evidence of his truthfulness and honesty during the insanity phase of the trial;...Subject to limitations, evidence that tends to repair a witness's credibility is admissible after the credibility of the witness has been attacked.

Fed. R. Evid. 807.Statements that fall within an exception to the hearsay rule are admissible to prove the truth of the matter asserted by the declarant (the maker of the statement).