Legal Opinion
Melissa Standley v. Karen Edmonds-Leach
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 21, 2015No. 13-7104PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROGERS, Circuit Judge:
Melissa Standley appeals the judgment on her tort claims for D.C. Public Library Special Police Officer Karen EdmondsLeach and the District of Columbia on the ground that the district court abused its discretion in allowing the defendants to call a witness they failed to identify prior to trial in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a). Standley maintains, as she argued in the district court, that the witness’s testimony was not offered “solely for impeachment,” as the rule’s exception requires, and that the error was prejudicial. We agree that the…
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