Law Practice
Sep. 6, 2008
The Vice Contest: Pick Your Poison
In law, a party that doesn't want the evidence examined has something to hide, Robert Bastian writes.
Robert L. Bastian Jr.
Partner, Bastian & Dini
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Whittier Law School
In law, we call it "opening the door." And it happens all the time. Judges are called upon to rule whether evidence that is otherwise irrelevant or private (i.e., privileged) has suddenly become admissible.
Fairness dictates that irrelevant, unfairly prejudicial, and private information be kept out of public disputes. On the other hand, a party to a dispute who benefits from such exclusion cannot turn around and suggest that, if only us fact-finder...
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