United States Eighth Circuit

Exclusion of the parties' severance agreement as impeachment evidence was not a clear and prejudicial abuse of discretion where the timing of the employer's decision to terminate was collateral to plaintiff-employee's age discrimination claim, and was not a valid exception under Fed. R. Evid. 408.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/24/2003
• Published 06/24/2003

Judges

• HANSEN, Circuit Judge., Before HANSEN, Chief Judge, LOKEN and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert L. Desselle, argued, Independence, MO, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Brian J. Finucane, argued, Kansas City, MO (Mark A. Stites, on the brief), for appellee.