Assignment task:
In a tortious interference with business case, plaintiff sued the defendant for intentionally interfering with a contract. The plaintiff called an economist to render an expert opinion as to the value of lost profits as a result of the broken contract. The expert testified that she based her opinion on the company's business records as well as actuarial tables. As the defense, you know that the records and the actuarial tables that the witness relied upon are those reasonably relied upon by experts in the same field, but you believe this expert's valuation is way too high. What should you do? A. Nothing, because you know that the actuarial tables on which this witness relied are reasonably relied upon by experts in the same field and that the business records are admissible as an exception to the business record exception to the hearsay rule. B. Cross-examine the witness regarding the records on which she relied, including completeness and accuracy of the business records and the methodology the expert used to form her opinion. Call your own expert who relied on the same data but came up with a lower valuation. C. Move to bar this witness because her valuation is