Seventh Circuit· 5/28/2008

Ciomber v. Cooperative Plus, Inc.

Citations

527 F.3d 635
70 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 917
2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 11280
2008 WL 2185848

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holding that “Rule 26(a)(2) does not allow parties to cure deficient expert reports by supplementing them with later deposition testimony” because doing so would “completely undermin[e]” the purpose of expert reports
stating that “Rule 26(a)(2) mandates a complete and detailed report of the expert witness’s opinions, conclusions, and the basis and reasons for them”
explaining that \[a]llowing parties to cure a deficient report with later depositions would further undermine a primary goal of Rule 26(a)(2)\
holding at summary judgment that an expert report’s violation of Rule 26(a)(2)(B) was not “harmless”
concluding a deficient expert report was not harmless because the deficiencies forced the other party to depose the expert “with little or no understanding as to what he would testify”
concluding a deficient expert report was not harmless because the deficiencies forced the other party to depose the expert “with little or no understanding as to what he would testify [to]”

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Judges: Kanne, Evans, Williams

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