context: The defendants' contentions lack merit because income evidence from several years prior to the date of trial is probative with respect to establishing a defendant's net worth.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.parenthetical: denying a motion in limine to exclude the defendant's 2007 tax return in a trial scheduled to commence in January 2009 because "[evidence concerning a defendant's net worth is relevant to punitive damages." (citing Breeden, 665 A.2d at 941 & n.19 (D.C. 1995
citation_a.sentence: See Butera v. District of Columbia, 83 F.Supp.2d 25, 32 (D.D.C. 1999) (permitting “evidence of the [defendants]’ gross incomes” during punitive damages phase of trial), aff’d in part, rev’d in part, 235 F.3d 637 (D.C. Cir. 2001); see also Arceneaux v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., 767 F.2d 1498, 1503 (11th Cir. 1985) (affirming an award of punitive damages based upon the fact that the defendant “testified that his income for the past three years had been between $80,000 and $105,000,” and that a jury “could well have found not ‘credible that a person whose income was in the $90,000 per year range had a net worth of only $30,000.” (citation omitted)); Bassi v. Patten, 592 F.Supp.2d 77, 85 (D.D.C. 2009) (denying a motion in limine to exclude the defendant’s 2007 tax return in a trial scheduled to commence in January 2009 because “[evidence concerning a defendant’s net worth is relevant to punitive damages.” (citing Breeden, 665 A.2d at 941 & n.19 (D.C. 1995))), Thus, the defendants’ assertions that the most recent income information does not accurately portray Dadlani’s financial condition at the time of trial goes to the weight of this evidence, not its admissibility.
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 83 F.Supp.2d 25, 32
citation_b.parenthetical: permitting "evidence of the [defendants]' gross incomes" during punitive damages phase of trial
citation_b.sentence: See Butera v. District of Columbia, 83 F.Supp.2d 25, 32 (D.D.C. 1999) (permitting “evidence of the [defendants]’ gross incomes” during punitive damages phase of trial), aff’d in part, rev’d in part, 235 F.3d 637 (D.C. Cir. 2001); see also Arceneaux v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., 767 F.2d 1498, 1503 (11th Cir. 1985) (affirming an award of punitive damages based upon the fact that the defendant “testified that his income for the past three years had been between $80,000 and $105,000,” and that a jury “could well have found not ‘credible that a person whose income was in the $90,000 per year range had a net worth of only $30,000.” (citation omitted)); Bassi v. Patten, 592 F.Supp.2d 77, 85 (D.D.C. 2009) (denying a motion in limine to exclude the defendant’s 2007 tax return in a trial scheduled to commence in January 2009 because “[evidence concerning a defendant’s net worth is relevant to punitive damages.” (citing Breeden, 665 A.2d at 941 & n.19 (D.C. 1995))), Thus, the defendants’ assertions that the most recent income information does not accurately portray Dadlani’s financial condition at the time of trial goes to the weight of this evidence, not its admissibility.