Cosper v. Rea Ex Rel. County of Maricopa

OPINION

SWANN, Judge.

¶ 1 Pauline Cosper seeks relief from an order striking her supplemental disclosure of an expert witness in her appeal from an adverse compulsory arbitration award. The trial court precluded the expert because Cos-per had not identified him in her list of witnesses at the time she filed her Appeal from Arbitration. We hold that when a party makes seasonable, good faith disclosure of new evidence during the discovery period allowed by Ariz. R. Civ. P. (“Rule”) 77(g)(3), preclusion is not warranted absent a showing of prejudice that cannot be cured by less drastic means.…