The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company v. Chiles Power Supply, Inc., D/B/A Heatway Systems, Robert S. Julian

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• holding that statements made in furtherance of settlement are privileged and protected from third-party discovery
• recognizing exceptions in Rule 408 as applying to settlement agreements and the occurrence of settlement talks
• noting that there is a “strong public interest in favor of secrecy of matters discussed by parties during settlement negotiations.”
• discussing that parties should be “confident that their proposed solutions cannot be used on cross examination, under the ruse of ‘impeachment evidence,’ by some future third party”
• explaining that the existence of the settlement is not privileged, only the underlying communications
• noting that settlement negotiations privilege and Fed.R.Evid. 408 does not bar admission of the settlement agreement itself if offered for a purpose other than to show liability or invalidity of the claim or its amount

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