Robinson v. Cavell

How courts have described this case

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• affirming district court although it did not explain reasons for its dismissal of state claims
• affirming district court although it did not explain reasons for its dismissal of state claims
• declarant’s out-of-court opinion that there was a pattern of age discrimination inadmissible under Rule 701
• the admission of opinion testimony that there was a pattern of age discrimination at Xomox was error because \Mitroff provided no information as to whether these opinions were rationally based on McAllister's perceptions\
• “We do not know the position of the anonymous Sears employees referred to in the affidavit. Liadis does not say who these employees are, or why we should consider them agents authorized to speak for Sears in this litigation.”
• “[S]eldom will be the case when a lay opinion on an ultimate issue will meet the test of being helpful to the trier of fact since the jury’s opinion is as good as the witness’ and the witness turns into little more than an ‘oath helper.’” (citing FED. R. EVID. 705)

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