Sheffield v. Hilltop Sand & Gravel Co., Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• noting that Rule 412’s ban on sexual predisposition evidence includes matters “ 'relating to the alleged victims’s mode of dress, speech, or lifestyle’ ”
• recognizing party could open door to evidence otherwise excluded under Rule 412
• sanctioning defendant for “its callous disregard of the procedural safeguards articulated in Rule 412(c)”
• “Rule 412 applies in any civil case in which a person claims to be the victim of sexual misconduct, such as actions for sexual battery or sexual harassment.”
• “By ignoring the express requirements of Rule 412(c), the defendant frustrated Rule 412’s objectives and presumptively inflicted harm upon the plaintiff.”
• “The Court cautions the 4 plaintiff, however, that this ruling will not protect her if she ‘opens the door’ to such evidence by stating unequivocally that she never engaged in such conduct at work.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).