MCI Exp., Inc. v. Ford Motor Co.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• characterizing as unfairly prejudicial, plaintiff CEO’s reference to “Goddamn Cubans,” which defendant exploited by taking phrase out of context, disparaging CEO’s character, and exacerbating the phrase’s prejudicial impact
• “Ordinarily, racial slurs and ethnic epithets are so prejudicial as to render them inadmissible, unless the probative value outweighs any prejudice that may result from having the jury hear them”
• “Because the comment, ‘Goddamn Cubans,’ could easily have been rephrased without altering the meaning of the sentence, or detracting from its ostensible relevance, any probative value was outweighed by the prejudice that resulted from having the jury hear it.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).