Salene v. Queen City Fire Insurance

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• holding that plain error review is limited to whether there was any evidence to support the jury’s verdict
• holding that the party violating Rule 26(a)(1) has the burden of demonstrating that the violation was harmless
• holding that a party waives objections to the verdict form when it fails to raise them prior to the jury rendering its verdict
• concluding that violation of explicit court order not required to impose sanctions pursuant to FRCP 37(c)
• recognizing that the district court has “wide latitude” in imposing sanctions under Rule 37(c)(1) and the burden of demonstrating the harmlessness of the delayed or non-production rests on the party facing sanctions
• stating that a district court 3 has “particularly wide latitude” over its discretion to issue sanctions under Rule 37(c)(1)

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