Smith v. Cingular Wireless

How courts have described this case

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• explaining that the issue in a wrongful termination case is whether the plaintiff can link the circumstances of the termination to discrimination based on that individual’s protected status
• “[T]he sham affidavit rule simply prohibits a party from relying on an affidavit that contradicts her prior sworn testimony. If there is no conflict, a party is free to submit an affidavit that amplifies or explains her prior testimony.” (citations omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).