Woodworker's Supply, Inc. v. Principal Mutual Life Insurance

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the court gave the defendant “a significant opportunity to cure” by allowing counsel to cross-examine the witness outside of the jury’s presence
• finding that undisclosed testimony “prompted” by a prior court ruling did not “excuse [the plaintiff] from supplementing its disclosure,” but nonetheless undermined the appearance of bad faith
• explaining that in determining whether a Rule 37(c)(1) violation is substantially justified or harmless, the Court, in exercising its discretion, looks at the following factors: “(1) the prejudice or surprise to the party against whom the testimony is offered; (2
• “The determination of whether a Rule 26(a) violation is justified or harmless is entrusted to the broad discretion of the district court.”
• list- ing similar factors to be considered by trial court under Rule 37(c)(1)
• Under New Mexico law, “Punitive damages are an appropriate sanction for common-law fraud.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).