011178P.pdf   04/16/2002  Jerry Ross  v.  Garner Printing Co.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  01-1178
   Southern District of Iowa   
   Civil case - contracts. While district court arguably erred in refusing 
   to give an instruction on after-acquired evidence of misconduct by 
   terminated plaintiff, the other instructions adequately covered the issue 
   and there is no indication jury did not consider the conduct; under Iowa 
   law plaintiff was not required to prove he performed his duties under the 
   contract and burden rests on employer to prove affirmative defense that it 
   had good cause for dismissal; instruction that plaintiff had no duty to 
   mitigate damages was not erroneous; district court did not err in 
   excluding evidence of alleged attempt to bribe a witness as defendant 
   failed to move to modify the pre-trial order in order to make the 
   evidence admissible; judge's comment to jury that they would have to 
   return to deliberate on Monday morning did not amount to coercion.