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Massachusetts Guide to Evidence 2025 Edition MA R EVID § 408

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) Prohibited Uses. Evidence of the following is not admissible--on behalf of any party--either to prove or disprove the validity or amount of a disputed claim:

(1) furnishing, promising, or offering--or accepting, promising to accept, or offering to accept-- a valuable consideration in compromising or attempting to compromise the claim or any other claim, and

(2) conduct or a statement made during compromise negotiations about the claim.

(b) Exceptions. The court may admit this evidence for another purpose, such as proving a witness's bias or prejudice or other state of mind, negating a contention of undue delay, or proving an effort to obstruct a criminal investigation or prosecution.

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