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: Abstract AppealThird District: Sanctioning Parties, Witnesses
By Matt Conigliaro
After declaring a mistrial based on an expert witness’s gratuitous statements from the stand, the trial court in this case imposed over $20,000 in sanctions against State Farm, the party that presented the expert. The Third District reversed, holding that an expert’s misconduct cannot predicate an award of sanctions against a party or its counsel without some bad faith or egregious conduct on the part of the party or counsel.
Full post as published by Abstract Appeal on February 03, 2011 (boomark / email).
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