United Healthcare Services, Inc. v. B. F. Saul Real Estate Investment Trust

By Judge R. Terrence Ney

This matter comes before the Court on Plaintiffs Motion to Strike Saul’s Expert Witness Designation and Defendant’s Motion to Deny Plaintiffs Motion to Strike and various responses and replies thereto.

The issue actually presented for decision is whether Defendant identified its expert witness, Wyatt B. Durrette, Jr., in a timely manner and, if not, whether Plaintiff is so prejudiced by an untimely identification that Mr. Durrette should be precluded from testifying at the evidentiary hearing set for November 1, 1999.

First, it is necessary to determine when Defendant…