Noting that character evidence “that would otherwise be inadmissible under Rule 404 may be admitted to rebut the opposing party’s position on a particular issue”
Id. at *5. In re Jacoby Airplane Crash Litig., 2007 WL 2746833, at *9 (D.N.J. Sept. 19, 2007) ("Congress sought to insulate the NTSB from expending unnecessary energy choosing its words, lest those words become part of the arsenal of a civil litigant."). The Court concludes that these opinions cannot be squared with a textualist reading of this statute.
