Joyce J. Quinn v. Consolidated Freightways Corporation of Delaware D/b/a/ Cf Motorfreight A. William Kudrick

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• affirming a ruling permitting a witness to testify about subjects not mentioned in interrogatory responses as the defendant knew of this testimony in advance
• “[The defendant] therefore knew of [the witness’s] testimony for months before attempting to strike it as a last minute surprise that justified sanctions as a discovery abuse.”
• “We review admissibility determinations, and exclusion of evidence for an abuse of discretion.”
• court should 26 evaluate “(1) the prejudice or surprise in fact of the party against whom the excluded witnesses 27 would have testified; (2) the ability of that party to cure the prejudice; (3
• “The exclusion of critical evidence is an extreme sanction, not normally to be imposed absent a showing of willful deception or flagrant disregard of a court order by the proponent of the evidence.” (cleaned up)
• “[T]he exclusion of critical evidence is an ‘extreme’ sanction, not normally to be imposed absent a showing of willful deception or ‘flagrant disregard’ of a court order by the proponent of the evidence.” (citation omitted)

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