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The following labor standards have been established for a particular product: Standard labor-hours per unit of output 8.6 hours Standard labor rate $ 15.80 per hour The following data pertain to operations concerning the product for the last month: Actual hours worked 10,700 hours Actual total labor cost $ 167,455 Actual output 1,500 units What is the labor rate variance for the month?

The Fidget Widget Corporation sued the Copies R Us Company for infringing its Super Fidget Widget patent. The Fidget Widget Corporation’s vice president gave a deposition, under oath, about the timing of the invention underlying the patent. The deposition testimony was significant to support Fidget Widget Corporation’s claims regarding their patent and its validity. Both companies ultimately settled their dispute. One year later, Fidget Widget sued Knockoff City Corporation for infringing the Fidget Widget patent. However, by this time, Fidget Widget’s vice president died. At the Knockoff City trial, Fidget Widget proffers portions of the vice president’s deposition to support their patent’s validity. How can Knockoff City argue against admission of Fidget Widget’s proffered evidence? 

Rick was convicted of unlawful possession of narcotics at a trial in which he did not testify in his own defense. A week after trial, the judge receives a letter from a juror expressing concern that the jury violated the judge’s instructions because it considered Rick’s refusal to take the stand as an admission of guilt. The judge informs both the prosecutor and defense counsel of the letter; defense counsel files a motion for a new trial based on juror misconduct. May the juror be called by the trial judge to testify on the matter in the letter? 

A framing company’s cost formula for its supplies cost is $1,350 per month plus $18 per frame. For the month of March, the company planned for activity of 716 frames, but the actual level of activity was 713 frames. The actual supplies cost for the month was $14,820. The supplies cost in the flexible budget for the month would be closest to:

Negligence action by P against D, the owner of an auto tire shop. P claims D’s mechanic failed to tighten the lug nuts on one of the wheels after putting a new tire on P’s car, leading to an accident that injured P. D called W, D’s mechanic, who testified that he tightened every wheel bolt on P’s car. On cross-examination, P asks W, “You were fired from your last job for assaulting a co-worker, right?”  D objects. The court should:

A company makes a product whose direct labor standards are 0.9 hours per unit and $30 per hour. In December, the company produced 7,450 units using 6,205 direct labor-hours. The actual direct labor cost was $130,305.The labor efficiency variance for the month is:

Xander is accused of stealing a digital camera. Allegedly, Xander entered the accessories section of the store, peeled off the price tag of a $30 accessory, walked into the digital camera section of the store, selected a $500 digital camera, and covered the camera’s actual price tag with the $30 price tag. When the clerk scanned the item, he failed to notice the price tag switch, and Xander was able to leave the store after paying only $30. The clerk has identified Xander as the shopper who presented the wrongly tagged camera. Xander claims that he was not the one who committed this crime and that the store clerk misidentified him. The prosecutor wants to admit evidence that last year, Xander stole a $1500 cell phone by pasting a computer price tag from a $150 cell phone case onto the cell phone’s packaging, paying only $150 for the phone. Is this evidence admissible?

Rick filed a civil antitrust suit against Zippy’s after the restaurant raised the price of its loco moco. During his case-in-chief, Rick testified about the personal hardship, hunger, and psychic loss he suffered when the price of his favorite food increased fifty percent overnight. As part of its defense, Zippy’s called Rick’s neighbor, Melody. Melody testified that she has known Rick for more than twenty years and, in her opinion, Rick “has a very untruthful character.”  On cross-examination, Rick’s lawyer asked Melody: “Are you aware that when Rick received a $5,000 check from his auto insurance company, he returned the check because he knew the payment was an error?”  Plaintiff’s counsel objects.  Does defense counsel’s question elicit admissible evidence?

Same facts as #67. At trial, the plaintiff offers evidence of a number of mislabeled boxes and bottles containing steroids that were found in Dr. Seltzer’s office.  The mislabeled containers contained steroids wrongly identified as antihistamines and other non-steroidal medications. Defense counsel objects. The court should:

Under the FRE, which of the following is impermissible?