· 2/1/1988
William E. Wilson v. Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Citations
- 838 F.2d 286
- 10 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 100
- 1988 U.S. App. LEXIS 1114
- 45 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 37,735
- 45 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1643
- 1988 WL 5633
How courts have described this case
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- holding that post- complaint facts alleged in a supplemental pleading may cure jurisdictional defects
- concluding that the plaintiff's amended complaint cured ripeness defect in original complaint
- “[A] district court may grant summary judgment where a party’s sudden and unexplained revision of testimony creates an issue of fact where none existed before.”
- “(a) party should not be allowed to create issues of credibility by contradicting his own earlier testimony.”
- “Ambiguities and even conflicts in a deponent’s testimony are generally matters for the jury to sort out, but a district court may grant summary judgment where a party’s sudden and unexplained revision of testimony creates an issue of fact where none existed before.”
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Judges: Lay, Henley, Arnold
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