Harriman v. Hancock County

How courts have described this case

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• noting that reversal was warranted in one case where \the parties agreed that preclusion was tantamount to dismissal\
• suggesting that precluding the evidence must be \tantamount to dismissal\ of the offending party's claim or defense
• noting that “‘tenuous assertions strung together by strands of speculation and surmise’ cannot defeat summary judgment” (quoting Maldonado-Denis v. Castillo-Rodriguez, 23 F.3d 576, 583 (1st Cir. 1994))
• finding no material factual dispute when plaintiff \had no memory of being beaten by anyone at anytime relevant to this case\
• applying Zannino and holding that underdeveloped arguments on appeal are deemed waived
• “Reversal based on a sanctioned party’s need for precluded evidence are rare, and seldom based on that factor alone”

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