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Summary Judgment and ‘Self-Serving’ or ‘Inadmissible’ Evidence: Lessons From Appellate Practice

Ogletree Deakins·

To maximize the chances of having a summary judgment victory affirmed on appeal, defense lawyers must make the correct evidentiary objections in the trial court. Two traps for the unwary lurk in the temptation to object that the plaintiff’s evidence is “self-serving” or “inadmissible.”