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Calif. Decision Shows Limits of Self-Serving Testimony

October 12, 2026 - Law360

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Calif. Decision Shows Limits of Self-Serving Testimony

October 12, 2026 - Law360

By Tyler Palmer

In Buchheim v. Anaya, the Court of Appeal of the State of California, Second Appellate District, on Aug. 25 addressed whether a party opposing summary judgment can overcome undisputed documentary evidence with “self-serving testimony.” The decision reaffirms a fundamental principle: At summary judgment, a party cannot defeat such evidence with bare, self-serving assertions of belief.

Read the article published in Law360 below.