Prophecy Corp. v. Charles Rossignol, Inc.

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• barring a party’s self-contradictory testimony from consideration on motion for summary judgment absent any explanation for the contradiction
• “if a reasonable explanation is offered for the contradiction, the testimony will not be construed against the party-witness”
• testimony of party who offers himself as witness in his own behalf is construed most strongly against him when it is self-contradictory
• if a party relies on his or her own contradictory testimony in opposition to summary judgment, a court must “construe the contradictory testimony against him”
• if a party relies on his or her own contradictory testimony in opposition to summary judgment, a court must “construe the contradictory testimony against him”
• testimony “is contradictory if one part of the testimony asserts or expresses the opposite of another part of the testimony’

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