Downeast Ventures, Ltd. v. Washington County

How courts have described this case

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• explaining that lay witnesses whose job experience gives them specialized knowledge can testify about the value or projected profits of a business
• explaining Rule 701 allows testimony from witnesses whose particularized knowledge and expertise comes from their business experience
• explaining Rule 701 allows testimony from witnesses whose particularized knowledge and expertise comes from their business experience
• finding plaintiffs’ late disclosure of expert harmless when defendants had time before trial to depose that expert and to designate any opposing experts
• “Under the Federal Rules of Evidence, the primary limitation on the valuation testimony of a corporate employee is foundational; Rule 701 permits a witness to testify to his opinion to the extent it is ‘rationally based’ on his perceptions . . . .” (quoting Fed. R. Evid. 701)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).