Arnoldt v. Ashland Oil, Inc.

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• in-dicating that the balancing necessary under Rule 403 must affirmatively appear on the record
• a party is not free to introduce otherwise inadmissible evidence under the guise of impeachment
• a party is not free to introduce otherwise inadmissible evidence under the guise of impeachment
• “ ‘Fraud means an intentional misrepresentation, deceit, or concealment of material fact known to the defendant and made with the intention of causing injury to the plaintiff.’ ” (quoting Ky.Rev. Stat. Ann. § 411.184(l)(b))
• “[t]he record of this ease indicates that the trial judge failed to conduct the balancing inquiry required by West Virginia Rule of Evidence 403. Accordingly, we find that the trial court’s failure to exclude evidence of Ashland’s unrelated past acts constitutes reversible error”

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