Arizona Supreme Court· 6/14/1995

Allstate Insurance v. O'Toole

Citations

896 P.2d 254
182 Ariz. 284
192 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 70
1995 Ariz. LEXIS 56

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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

noting that the relevant question is the harm caused to the opponent or the justice system
holding the court should consider whether a party was prejudiced by interference with his “‘reasonable opportunity to prepare for trial or settlement — nothing more, nothing less’”
stating “we cannot subscribe to the view that [Rule 26.1(c)] was meant to deprive judges of all discretion to do what may be right and just in particular circumstances”
noting “slight delay . . . where the trial date has not yet been set, clearly may be less prejudicial than that resulting from an attempt to disclose new witnesses just before trial”
prejudice among factors to be considered in determining whether to allow untimely disclosed evidence at trial
defendant, aware that unrepresented plaintiffs had failed to serve their disclosure statement, did nothing to remind plaintiffs of their obligations and deliberately did not continue with other discovery

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Judges: Zlaket, Feldman, Moeller, Corcoran, Martone

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