Settlement offers and statements made during settlement negotiations are inadmissible if such offers and statements are offered to (i) show the validity or invalidity of a claim when the validity of the claim is in dispute, (ii) show the amount of damages when the amount of the claim is in dispute, or (iii) to impeach a witness by showing a prior inconsistent statement or specific contradiction.

United States v. Towne, 870 F.2d 880, 886 (2d Cir. 1989).A person's propensity, or character, is not barred by the character rule if it is offered for any purpose other than to show a person's conduct on a particular occasion.

United States v. Siegal, 536 F.3d 306, pin? (4th Cir. 2008) (holding that "other crime evidence" as part of defendant's 20-year fraud scheme to support her gambling habit was admissible where it was relevant to establish (1) modus operandi and show defendant's pattern in...Another act, wrong, or crime is admissible to show a motive for some alleged conduct on a particular occasion.

LNC Invs. v. First Fid. Bank, 126 F. Supp. 2d 78, pin? (S.D.N.Y. 2001) ("The Second Circuit's alias for the "opening the door" rule is 'curative admissibility'; the adjective reflects the rule's rationale that it may be necessary to admit otherwise inadmissible evidence in...If a trial court admits inadmissible evidence but later in the trial recognizes its error, the trial court has the discretion to allow an opponent to introduce otherwise inadmissible evidence to "cure" or ameliorate the harm done by the opponent's use of inadmissible evidence but the trial can or should allow the admission of curative evidence only if it concludes that the admission of curative evidence will not cause undue prejudice, delay, or confusion and will not do more harm than good to the goal of accurate fact finding.