Section 13.15 Reference to Settlement Negotiation

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M. (§13.15) Reference to Settlement Negotiation

The policy that negotiations to resolve differences without litigation should be encouraged keeps all reference to such settlement talks excluded from the evidence. This exclusion also prevents such negotiations from being the subject of comment by counsel in argument. Kelsey v. Kelsey, 329 S.W.2d 272 (Mo. App. E.D. 1959); Boland v. Jando, 414 S.W.2d 560 (Mo. 1967); Fredrick v. Sentry Life Ins. Co., 626 S.W.2d 459 (Mo. App. W.D. 1981); Andrews v. Terminal...