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                                 March 16, 1998
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    Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
      on Codes
    AN  ACT  to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to inad-
      missibility of compromise discussions
      The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
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    bly, do enact as follows:
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 1    Section 1. The civil practice law and rules is amended by adding a new
 2  section 4548 to read as follows:
 3      4548. Compromise and offers to compromise. Evidence of (a) furnish-
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 4  ing or offering or promising to furnish, or (b) accepting or offering or
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 5  promising to accept,  any  valuable  consideration  in  compromising  or
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 6  attempting to compromise a claim which was disputed as to either validi-
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 7  ty or amount, shall not be admissible to prove liability for or invalid-
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 8  ity of such claim or such amount. Evidence of conduct or statements made
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 9  in  compromise  negotiations  shall  likewise  not  be  admissible.  The
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10  provisions of this section  shall  not  require  the  exclusion  of  any
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11  evidence  otherwise  discoverable  merely because it is presented in the
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12  course of compromise negotiations. The provisions of this section  shall
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13  not  require exclusion when the evidence is offered for another purpose,
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