Betzag v. Gulf Oil Corp.

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• recognizing that the admission of prior statements for impeachment purposes can inject a\danger of confusion\
• holding that impeachment by the calling party is impermissible “where employed as a mere subterfuge to get before the jury evidence not otherwise admissible”
• recognizing that the admission of prior statements for impeachment purposes can inject a\danger of confu- sion\
• recognizing general principle that witness’s prior unsworn statements are hearsay, and thus typically inadmissible as affirmative proof
• holding the standard of conduct of HUD employees in trial of HUD director admissible
• noting, under similar facts, that juries often cannot distinguish between impeachment and substantive evidence and that such evidence therefore should be excluded

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