Silver Creek Seed, LLC v. Sunrain Varieties, LLC

This is a contract dispute between Silver Creek Seed, LLC (“Silver Creek”) and Sun-rain Varieties, LLC (“Sunrain”), arising from the development of Bacterial Ring Rot (“BRR”) in two of the potato varieties grown by Silver Creek for Sunrain. After a four-day trial, the jury returned a verdict awarding damages to Silver Creek. Sunrain timely appealed: (1) the district court’s denial of a motion to reconsider an order granting partial summary judgment to Silver Creek; (2) the exclusion of the back side of the Idaho Crop Improvement Association (“ICIA”) blue tag from evidence; (3) the admission…