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In a products-liability trial, Plaintiff calls Inspector, who examined a conveyor belt three days after Worker was injured. Inspector testifies that she remembers the inspection but cannot recall the exact measurements. Plaintiff's lawyer hands Inspector a two-page field note. Inspector silently reviews the first page and then testifies, from memory, that the guard gap measured 6.5 inches.
Defendant asks to inspect the field note. Plaintiff offers only the first page, arguing that the second page contains unrelated comments about settlement strategy from a later meeting. Defendant then cross-examines Inspector, who admits she still does not independently remember one measurement and is simply "trusting the note." Plaintiff asks Inspector to read the measurement aloud from the note.
How should the court handle the field note and Inspector's testimony? Discuss Rule 612, the adverse party's rights, redaction, refreshed recollection, and any separate basis needed to read from the writing.