State v. Merkin

How courts have described this case

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

• upholding jury’s punitive damage award to plaintiff who prevailed on claim of excessive force against police officers
• noting Rule 26 serves a dual purpose of “narrowing the issues and eliminating surprise”
• “Sanctions under Rule 26(g)(3) are not discretionary if the district court finds that a discovery filing was signed in violation of the rule.”
• “Rule 26 must be read in light of its dual purposes of narrowing the issues and eliminating surprise.”
• “A court’s choice not to apply local market rates for attorney fees is not an abuse of discretion.” (citing Wayne v. Vill. of Sebring, 36 F.3d 517, 533 (6th Cir. 1994))
• violent and intentional conduct by police officers exhibits reprehensibility

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).