Lee v. GEICO Indemnity Co.

¶ 41. KESSLER, J.

{concurring in part, dissenting in part). I concur with the majority's reversal of the sanctions imposed against GEICO for filing its postverdict motion in this case. However, I respectfully dissent from that portion of the majority opinion upholding sanctions against GEICO for violation of the scheduling order. It is undisputed, as the majority points out, that not only did Valarie Lee fail during the mediation to object to having a corporate representative from GEICO appear by telephone, she also completed the *717mediation on that day knowing that GEICO's representative was…