Legal Opinion

Benedict v. Zimmer, Inc.

District Court, N.D. Iowa

Decided December 5, 2005No. CV-04-119-LRRPublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

READE, District Judge.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. INTRODUCTION..........................................................307

II. PRIOR PROCEEDINGS & SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT.....................307

III. STANDARD OF REVIEW..................................................313

TV. THE MERITS 314

*307A. Did the Benedicts violate the Scheduling Order?.........................314

B. Was the Benedicts’ Motion for Leave to Provide Expert Report properly granted?....................................................315

1. Substantial justification............................................316

2. Harmlessness…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
  2. Lujan v. National Wildlife FederationSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  3. Gene S. Jacobsen, and Cross-Appellee v. Deseret Book Company, a Utah Corporation Dean Hughes, AndCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2002
  4. Thomas E. Hoar, Inc. v. Sara Lee Corp., Appeal of Greenspan, Jaffe & Rosenblatt, Leon J. Greenspan, Paul D. Jaffe and Victor E. RosenblattCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
  5. Haines v. Liggett Group Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1992

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3Cited by3 opinions

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