Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc. v. Balbos

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that the rule allowing trial court to modify a pretrial order “to prevent manifest injustice,” then Md. Rule 2-504(c) but now under Md. Rule 2-504.2(c), “reposes in the trial judge a great deal of discretion”
• court properly exercised discretion in not allowing testimony of witness not listed in pretrial order
• Court of Special Appeals stating the “[t]he pre-trial order is the guiding light upon which each party is entitled and encouraged to rely. Its importance, especially in complex and mass tort cases, cannot be overstated ”
• post-exposure evidence relevant to prove a duty to alert plaintiff after exposure and avert possibility of him worsening his condition by continuing to smoke cigarettes and/or to prompt the persons exposed to seek treatment earlier and thereby perhaps prolong their lives

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).