47 Fair empl.prac.cas. 865, 43 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 37,062, 23 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. 17 Gerard A. Cassino and Sally Cassino v. Reichhold Chemicals, Inc., a New York Corporation

817 F.2d 1338 47 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. 865 , 43 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 37,062 , 23 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. 17 Gerard A. CASSINO and Sally Cassino, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. REICHHOLD CHEMICALS, INC., a New York corporation, Defendant-Appellant. No. 85-4182. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 4, 1987. Decided May 15, 1987. Hugh McGavick, Neil J. Hoff, Tacoma, Wash., for plaintiffs-appellees. Patrick B. Mooney and Daniel H. Williams, III, Buffalo, N.Y., and Bart Waldman and Philip S. Morse, Seattle, Wash., for defendant-appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. Before GOODWIN, SCHROEDER and FARRIS, Circuit Judges. SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge: 1 Reichhold Chemicals, Inc. appeals a jury verdict awarding Gerard Cassino $492,000 in damages under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. Sec. 621 et seq. Reichhold contends that the trial court made a number of erroneous evidentiary rulings and errors in jury instructions. The principal issues on liability involve the admissibility of Reichhold's proposed "settlement agreement," whether the district court should have given a pretext…