Dale A. Price, Plaintiff-Cross-Defendant-Appellant v. Thomas Seydel and Nalani Seydel, Husband and Wife, Defendants-Cross-Claimants-Appellees

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• noting that a federal court sitting in diversity applies state law in deciding whether to allow attorneys' fees when those fees are connected to the substance of the case
• listing factors the trial court must consider 24 before excluding unlisted witnesses
• it is within a district court’s discretion to deny a motion to set aside a default judgment if a defendant lacks a “meritorious defense”
• a federal court applies state law in awarding attorney fees when those fees are connected to the substance of the case
• district court abused discretion by not allowing plaintiff to call in his case-in-chief witness who was already listed on defendants' witness list and had prepared for cross-examination by plaintiff's attorney
• exclusion of testimony which could have confirmed or disputed plaintiff's claims was prejudicial

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