U.S. District Judge James Selna in Santa Ana, Calif.,, who heard arguments on the request on Tuesday, found that the expert’s report this month came four months after the deadline and following the close of expert discovery in the case.
“The umbrella term ‘software defects’ cannot be used to inject into the litigation an entirely new defect at this late date,” he wrote. “The record seems clear that Plaintiffs’ software experts continued to review source code after their deadlines and found additional evidence to formulate new opinions. Although these strengthen Plaintiffs’ litigation position, that alone does not justify denying the Motion to Strike.”
