What is the test for inconsistent testimony in a civil trial?
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The following excerpt is from Weiss, In re, 703 F.2d 653 (2nd Cir. 1983):
"so plainly inconsistent, so manifestly contradictory, and so conspicuously unbelievable as to make it apparent from the face of the record itself that the witness has deliberately concealed the truth and has given answers which are replies in form only and which, in substance, are as useless as a complete refusal to answer."
Id. at 750 (quoting Finkel v. McCook, 247 A.D. 57, 63, 286 N.Y.S. 755, 761 (1st Dep't 1936)).
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